Antique Ruins with Figures Contemplating
date: label: Date
content: 1742-1746
name: label: Attributed to
content: Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Partially ruined temple with columns on left and large niche at the back containing fountain with statue of Neptune (Poseidon) with raised trident. Tree at right, sky appears in top of ruined vaulted ceiling. Group of men in contemplation gesture towards statue, two additional figures near column at left.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-218
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 37.6 × 49 cm (14 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.)