Ruin of an Amphitheatre at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples), plate 9 from Oeuvres de A. Calame

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Ruin of an Amphitheatre at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples), plate 9 from Oeuvres de A. Calame

Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810-1864)LinkedCulture matchlcp-5f43ae190e45

Date
1851
Medium
Lithograph on buff chine collé, laid down on off-white wove paper
Culture
Switzerland
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
132864

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Ruin of an Amphitheater at Pouzzoles (Kingdom of Naples) was made after a lost 1845 sketch by the painter and engraver Alexandre Calame. Created during the middle of Calame’s trip to Italy, this image depicts a plainly dressed hermit standing amidst a large ruin and quietly reading a book, perhaps the Bible. Calame, a Calvinist, employed the grandiose ruins of the amphitheater as an evocation of God’s power over man.

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The Charles Deering Collection

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