Crowd of People Seen between Two Columns [verso]

Crowd of People Seen between Two Columns [verso]

Alphonse Legros

1874

chalk

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

About this work

This painting is called Crowd of People Seen between Two Columns. It was made during the Romantic period, which was a time when artists focused on emotion and imagination. The artist used a combination of pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk to create the image. You can learn more about this style by looking into the movement: Romanticism.

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