Fantasy of an Architectural Ruin
Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1911-28-243
About this artwork
Antique sepulchers and ruins with figures in the foreground are presented in an oval format. A stairway leads to a triumphal arch at right, adjacent to a column. In the distance at left, architectural forms incorporating arches balance the composition. Ruled lines in pen and ink.