Study of the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Object Details
- Artist
- Lockwood de Forest, American, 1850–1932
- Description
- Study of grassy landscape with ruins of colonnade in mid-ground, looking to mountainous landscape, that is possibly separated by a body of water and shoreline. A small stand of dark, pyramidal trees is to the right of two single, free-standing columns. The columns are in the Corinthian order and likely once comprised the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
- Credit Line
- Gifted by a Private New Hampshire Collector, courtesy of Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery
- January 24, 1878
- Accession Number
- 2013-59-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and oil paint on thin paperboard, mounted on very thick paperboard
- Dimensions
- 17.9 x 24.3 cm (7 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
- made in
- United States
- place depicted
- Athens, Greece
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2013-59-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4acf92632-b10b-4dd1-93c6-d16c4cebb0d2
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