Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817, Italian
Title:
The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome.
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscription in owner's hand on the folio sheet: "Coliseum from the Caelian Mount"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2012.24.1
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arch | architectural subject | coliseum | ruins | cityscape
Associated Places:
Arch of Constantine | Italy | Roman Forum | St. Peter's Basilica | Colosseum | Rome
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Publications:
The idea of Italy : photography and the British imagination, 1840-1900, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, p. 17, TR57 .I33 2022+ (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
This portrait of a pensive young woman is the last known work of the pastelist Archibald Skirving, painted just four years before his death. The inscription “Sir John Pringle Bart” appears on an old label, suggesting that the sitter was Emilia Anne MacLeod, who married Sir John in 1809. The work is in its original walnut frame, probably by the firm of William Chambers & Son of Edinburgh, from whom Skirving purchased frames. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:66386