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Rome seen through an arch of the Colosseum (© Ashmolean Museum)
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© Ashmolean Museum

Rome seen through an arch of the Colosseum

Artist: François-Marius Granet (1775 - 1849)

Location: Ashmolean Museum

Date: 1800 - 1806

Materials: oil on paper laid down on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 48 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £55,000)

Vendor: John Lishawa

Review number: 4476 (1997)

Provenance:
R Millet Gallery, Paris.

Description:
A study of a view of Rome as seen through an arch of the Colosseum, which probably dates from about the same period as a comparable but more formal painting exhibited in 1806 and now in the Louvre.

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