- Title:
- Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum
- Additional Title(s):
View in the Roman Forum (The Temple of Peace)
Ruins on the Forum Romanum with a view of the Colosseum- Date:
- 1779
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in watercolor, lower right: "DuCros 1779"
Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right: "DuCros 1779"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.141
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architectural subject | architecture | Grand Tour | horse (animal) | landscape | men | ruins
- Associated Places:
- Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine | Colosseum | Italy | Roman Forum | Rome
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13127
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 5, 11, 48-49, no. 62, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Pierre Chessex, Images of the grand tour : Louis Ducros, 1748-1810, Éditions du Tricorne, Geneva, 1985, pp. 48-9, no. 5, NJ18 .D8573 + Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 123, no. 102, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 47, pl. 30, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]