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1810s · Cleveland Museum of Art

Ruins of an Ancient City

John MartinWikidata

painting by John Martin (British, 1789-1854) (1981.13)

Wander from here

In the picture

City & architectureLandscaperuinslandscapetemplevalleycliffRoman temple
Date
1810s (known to the decade)Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1810–20
Medium
oil on paper, mounted on canvasCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on paper, canvas
Dimensions
95.6 × 118.6 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: 95.6 × 118.6 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Genre
landscape painting, architectural viewWikidata
Materials
oil paint, paper, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1981.13Wikidata
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    William Ropner, 1864-1947 (West Hartlepool, England), by 1898, when it was withdrawn from a Christie's sale.
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  2. Dates unknown
    Privat collection (sold, Christie's, London, 24 November 1978, lot 160) as An Extensive Classical Landscape with a Ruined City, ca. 1812-15, for £6,000 to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox.
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  3. Dates unknown
    Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
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