- Title:
- Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum
- Date:
- ca. 1785
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (36.8 × 52.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left within image: "13"; inscribed in graphite, upper left on back: "41"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "19"
Watermarked, center left: design comprising shield marked with a fleur-de-lis and topped with a crown [Strasburg Lily]
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19454
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | architectural subject | clouds | columns | distance | Doric | Grand Tour | grasses | Greek mythology | hills | houses | landscape | leaves | light | mountains | road | ruins | shrubs | sky | steps | stone | temple | trees
- Associated Places:
- Campania | Europe | Italy | Paestum | Salerno
- 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:29967
- Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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