# Ruin of an Amphitheatre at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples), plate 9 from Oeuvres de A. Calame

- By: Alexandre Calame (published by F. Delarue (French, 1805-1886); printed by Jacomme et Compagnie (French, 19th century))
- Date: 1851
- Medium: Lithograph on buff chine collé, laid down on off-white wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 28.7 × 19.3 cm (11 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Culture: Switzerland
- Credit line: The Charles Deering Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/132864)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1dbfcdb1-c5df-b591-7ef9-f8bbc97d9009/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Ruin of an Amphitheater at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples) was made after a lost 1845 sketch by the painter and engraver Alexandre Calame. Created during the middle of Calame’s trip to Italy, this image depicts a plainly dressed hermit standing amidst a large ruin and quietly reading a book, perhaps the Bible. Calame, a Calvinist, employed the grandiose ruins of the amphitheater as an evocation of God’s power over man.

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