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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg / A View through Three Arches of the Colosseum
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A View through Three Arches of the Colosseum

1815 · Oil on canvas

Three arches of the Colosseum frame a view of Rome in clear morning light, a small, precise study that became a founding image of the Danish Golden Age.

ArtistCChristoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
MuseumSStatens Museum for Kunst
MovementDDanish Golden Age
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Genrearchitectural painting
Dimensions32 × 49.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q3079004

Why it matters

Three arches of the Colosseum frame views of Rome. The ruins are precisely observed, but the views are a construction: Eckersberg combined three separate views into one new harmony.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1815 or 1816.
  • It is included in the Danish art canon.
  • Two preparatory sketches survive.

Based on the Wikipedia article A View through Three of the North-Western Arches of the Third Storey of the Coliseum (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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