Ruin of an Amphitheatre at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples), plate 9 from Oeuvres de A. Calame
<p><em>Ruin of an Amphitheater at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples)</em> was made after a lost 1845 sketch by the painter and engraver Alexandre Calame. Created during the middle of Calame’s trip to Italy, this image depicts a plainly dressed hermit standing amidst a large ruin and quietly reading a book, perhaps the Bible. Calame, a Calvinist, employed the grandiose ruins of the amphitheater as an evocation of God’s power over man.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1851
- Dimensions
- Image: 28.7 × 19.3 cm (11 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Alexandre Calame
Artist
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The Alps, from Various Landscape Sites
1851 · Lithograph on tan wove paper, on chine collé, laid down on ivory wove paper
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Record
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- Alexandre Calame
- Year
- 1851
- Dimensions
- Image: 28.7 × 19.3 cm (11 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1851-088366
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified