Colosses de Memnon (Thebes)

Pierre Roche

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of two indistinct figures sitting in a desert landscape beneath a vast sky. The painting depicts a broad expanse of land that features two dark, seated forms that are abstract in nature against a warm, orange horizon line that contrasts with the pale, largely unembellished sky above. The area directly beneath the figures is textured with horizontal strokes in muted earthy tones, suggesting an uneven, possibly arid terrain.