1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Ruins of the Eastern Portico of the Temple of Baalbec is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, depicting Ruins, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This 1839 painting shows ancient stone columns standing crooked in a bright desert. Dust hangs in the air. Light hits the ruins. Shadows pool between the blocks. Roberts traveled to Lebanon to sketch these ruins. He painted what he saw, not what people expected. The cracks in the stone tell a story of time. Look next at 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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