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Baths of Trajan (Sette Sale, Villa Brancaccio, Rome)

William Stanley Haseltine

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts crumbling, multi-story stone structures with visible brickwork and openings for windows and doorways. Cracks and deterioration are evident on the walls. The buildings are overgrown with shrubs and moss on the upper sections. A tree and bushes are in the foreground. A path leads to and beyond the structures. The sky is blue with white clouds.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1882
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on blue wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 411 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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