Ancient Ruins near Messina, Sicily

1842

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond

Painter, French, 1795 - 1875

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on paper on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.7 x 34.9 cm (10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
    framed: 36.7 x 46.4 x 1.1 cm (14 7/16 x 18 1/4 x 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.166.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James Mackinnon, London); purchased by Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Pittsburgh; gift 2004 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Paintings and Sketches 1780-1870, James Mackinnon (London) at W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, 1998, no. 14, repro., as Ancient ruins above Messina, Sicily.

Bibliography

2006

  • Conisbee, Philip, and Franklin Kelly. "Small is Beautiful." National Gallery of Art Bulletin, no. 34 (Spring 2006): 2-17, fig. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right: Rémond; center stretcher bar reverse: 1842; on the stretcher: Ruines antiques audessus de Messine

Wikidata ID

Q20186974

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