The image depicts a classical ruins scene with a temple and its surroundings. The artwork is created through etching, showing intricate patterns of lines and crosshatching. The color palette is monochromatic with dark ink providing contrast against the lighter paper. Two figures sit on a grassy slope near the temple. The temple has vertical columns and the landscape gently leads to distant mountains.
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Ruins at Paestum

Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810 - 1864)

1845

Medium
etching on chine collé
Classification
Portfolio
Dimensions
plate: 10.8 x 16.2 cm (4 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.) ; sheet: 27 x 35.8 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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