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An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum by Hubert Robert — VisualArtsDB

An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

1754–1764

Medium: Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 41.7 × 54 cm (16 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkcityscapesprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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