Ruins with Vase, Herm, and Colonnade
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715â1759
mid-18th century
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1911-28-101
About this artwork
Ruins of a temple shown against a curved colonnade visible in the distance. A broken statue of a woman in the foreground leans against the base of a sepulchral monument surmounted by an urn. Three male figures, one seated on a broken column, are visible in the distance among the ruins.