Ruins Called Om El Hamed near Tyre
1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Ruins Called Om El Hamed near Tyre is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, depicting ruins, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a crumbling stone archway in Lebanon. A lone camel stands under it. The background is bright blue sky with scraggly trees. Roberts sketched these ruins on a trip to the Middle East. He often added small human figures to show scale. The light hits the stones just right. It’s a quiet scene but full of details. Look at the camel’s shadow on the ground. Check out David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864).
