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Capriccio with Antique Ruins

Johann George Böhm

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an aerial view of a scene with a stone structure, a distant classical building, a figure with tools, and a tree. The brushstrokes are loose, creating a sketch-like quality. The color palette is primarily earthy tones with some lighter highlights.

Artwork Details

Date
1730s
Medium
pen and brown ink, brush and gray ink, and gray wash over black chalk, heightened with white on brown wove paper
Dimensions
3333 × 5027 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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