1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Entrance to Petra, the Theatre is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, depicting Afghanistan, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows the ancient entrance to Petra, a stone doorway carved into red cliffs. A lone figure in 19th-century clothes stands below it. The warm light turns the rocks pink and gold. Roberts visited the Middle East in 1838. He painted Petra’s ruins just as Europe rediscovered the lost city. Want to see more early travel art? Look up David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864).
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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