This painting shows a dilapidated white building placed atop rugged, rocky terrain, a blue body of water visible in the distance below. The building is surrounded by a wall that slopes diagonally downward with the face of the mountain. The wall is mostly white, but the plaster appears to have fallen off in places, exposing red bricks. In other places, there are deep cracks or vines creeping across the surface. The walls of the building behind are also cracked, and it has a small white tower and two round domes. The painting is lit dramatically, with the reddish-gray rocks nearest to us in…
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Santa Maria a Cetrella, Anacapri

William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835 - 1900)

c. 1892

Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 38 x 56 cm (14 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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