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The Forum at Pompeii

1819

Achille-Etna Michallon

Associated Names

Achille-Etna Michallon

Painter, French, 1796 - 1822

This painting shows ancient ruins made of reddish-brown stone. In front of these dilapidated walls are lines of tan and gray columns and free-standing arches. The brown ground is littered with cream-colored stones. In the background, there are rolling gray hills and distant mountains under a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery M91

Artwork overview

Medium

oil on paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Matthiesen Gallery and John Lishawa Ltd. in memory of E. A. Carmean Jr. (1945–2019) and Philip Conisbee (1946–2008), both curators at the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 16 × 22 cm (6 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2020.15.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, France; (Matthiesen Ltd, London); gift 2020 to NGA.

Associated Names

The Matthiesen Gallery

Exhibition History

2015

Pompei e l'Europa (1748-1943): Dalla natura alla storia, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, 2015.

Wikidata ID

Q108686598

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