Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in watercolor, lower right: "DuCros 1779"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.141
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horse (animal) | architectural subject | landscape | ruins | men | architecture | arches | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Italy | Roman Forum | Colosseum | Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine | Rome
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 5, 11, 48-49, no. 62, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)Pierre Chessex, Images of the grand tour : Louis Ducros, 1748-1810, Éditions du Tricorne, Geneva, 1985, pp. 48-9, no. 5, NJ18 .D8573 + Oversize (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 123, no. 102, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 47, pl. 30, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)