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Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla

Artist Unknown

Artwork Details

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla
Artist Unknown
red crayon on laid paper
6 ½ x 4 7/16 in. (16.51 x 11.27 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.559.2

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Physical Description:

This sketch shows ancient ruins. The top half of the page is left empty with sky. At the righ is an apsed portico and from it, to the left of the page, runs a wall studded with windows. In the foreground is a set of stairs with shrubbery overgrowing.

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