1805
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Italian landscape, with an ancient Roman sarcophagus is a 1805 by Augustus Wall Callcott, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a crumbling stone tower on a rocky cliff, overlooking a quiet sea. Below, two people stand near a fence, looking toward the ruins. In the distance, a small building clings to the hillside, with mountains fading into the pale sky. The tower looks like an old Roman sarcophagus, half-buried in the rocks. The artist used soft, sketchy lines to show light and shadow. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this artist’s work.
An Italian landscape features an ancient Roman sarcophagus in this sepia drawing by Augustus Wall Callcott from 1805.
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Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844) was an artist, born in Kensington.
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