Wall of Zareh, Damascus
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler
Accession Number
1991.56.364
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the ancient heart of Damascus with *Wall of Zareh, Damascus*, a captivating drawing by 19th-century American artist Kilbourne Kellogg. Kellogg, known for his adventurous travels across Europe and the Middle East, this evocative scene during his journeys in the 1840s and 1850s. Damascus, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities provided rich inspiration, and this work captures a segment of its storied walls—likely a remnant of the city's Roman or medieval fortifications—highlighting the timeless allure of Syrian architecture. Rendered in drawing medium, the piece showc...