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View of the Colosseum

Joseph Marie Vien

ca. 1744–50

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

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Dimensions

11 3/4 x 18 1/16 in. (29.8 x 45.9 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2003

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Marie Vien

1716–1809 • France

Baroque painter and one of the earliest French painters to work in the Neo-classical style. He influenced some of the most prominent artists of heroic Neo-classicism, including his students Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Jean-François-Pierre Peyron, and Joseph-Benoît Suvée. Comment on works: History

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