1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Citadel of Sidon is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This watercolor shows a quiet harbor scene with a stone bridge crossing a calm body of water. In the background, a large fortress with towers and arched walls sits on a hill. Small boats with striped sails float near the shore, where a few people and dogs wander along the sandy edge. Notice how the artist used soft, light strokes to show the distance and haze—this makes the fortress look misty and far away. The boats and people feel small next to the big walls, which might be why the artist chose to focus on the fortress first. Look up Romanticism next to see how artists used emotion and nature to tell bigger stories.
David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and…
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