Second View of the Colosseum
1550
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1550
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This painting shows the Colosseum in Rome. It's an old building with arches and columns. The artist drew it with lots of details, like the stones and the trees around it. You can see people walking near the building too. The artist made this picture using etching, which is a technique where you scratch a design into a metal plate. To learn more about this technique, look up the technique: etching.
