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Landscape of Ancient Greece

Date1786
Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions60 inches × 39 1/2 inches (152.4 × 100.33 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund
Object number75.65
DescriptionMountainous landscape with aqueducts, lake, Italianate buildings and groups of classical figures. In foreground, from left to right, two figures fish by the lakeside, three figures converse at the base of a reclining statue, a woman and child cross a stone bridge over a waterfall, and two figures at right end of bridge.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 9