Franz Ludwig Catel
Inside the Colosseum
c. 1823
Franz Ludwig Catel's 'Interior of the Colosseum' (1810s–1820s) is an atmospheric architectural painting by the German artist based in Rome. Figures scale the moss-covered tiers inside the great Roman amphitheatre — a paradigmatic Romantic-era meditation on the ruin and the sublime. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago