Ruins of Asrum Asia Minor: Explored with Layard (Sir Henry Layard)
ca. 1845
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 32.4 × 45.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-128334
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg traveled to Constantinople in 1844, where he met the English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard, best known as the excavator of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. They became close friends and toured the city and surroundings together, searching for suitable sites to research and paint. The artist believed their documentation of religious sites was very important, and on…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler
Registry history
- ca. 1845 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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