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A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

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A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

ca. 1814–15

Medium

Oil on canvas

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Dimensions

12 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (31.4 x 43.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Funds, 2012

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1783–1853 • Kingdom of Denmark

Known for his minutely detailed portraits with a Neoclassical sense of clarity and line. He was an influential teacher at the Copenhagen Academy from 1818 where he introduced painting from nature. Danish painter.

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