Figures near a Ruined Colonnade
date: label: Date
content: 1761
name: label: Artist
content: Charles-Louis Clérisseau, French, 1721 – 1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A ruined colonnade curves from left foreground to lower right. At the center of the composition a sarcophagus decorated with a cow skull serves as a resting place for a group of travelers. At lower right, an additional group of figures has been added with light pen strokes.
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: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-168-42
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white gouache on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.5 x 27.5 cm (12 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)