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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2023.
Monks in the Colosseum
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2023.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2023.

Monks in the Colosseum

Artist François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
CultureFrench
Date1830
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions5 9/16 × 4 5/8 in. (14.1 × 11.8 cm)
SignedArtist's signature right edge
InscribedOn verso: “Interieur du Coliseé, Granet, 1830.”
MarkingsRight edge trimmed. The back has traces of glue and adhered paper.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.32
Not on view
DescriptionThis watercolor on paper shows monastic figures worshiping at an altar inside a ruined section of the Colosseum in Rome.
ProvenanceNone available
35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2009. Photo by Scott Wolf.
Charles-François Daubigny
1873
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean François de Troy
1743
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2018.
François Boucher
ca. 1735
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2012.
Jean François de Troy
1743
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
François Boucher
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Régis François Gignoux
1850-1869
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jean-François Millet
ca. 1846-48
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2013.
Jean-François Millet
ca. 1857
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Hubert Robert
ca. 1765-1800
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
François Boucher
18th century