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Attributed to Jonathan Skelton

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, mid 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Attributed to Jonathan Skelton, fl. ca. 1754-1758, British

Title

Tomb of Caecilia Metella

Year

mid 1700s

Medium

Pen and ink and brush and wash over graphite on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wash technique,
  • pen and ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 18.4 x 25.7 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey

Object Number

1988.102.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Distant Climes

September 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

This so-called tinted drawing emphasizes pen work and keeps color, applied in broad washes, to a bare minimum. Following the conventions of topographical drawing, the artist portrayed the essential information of the locale with clarity and precision, adding stock figures (called “staffage”) for scale. The Roman ruin—the tomb of a patrician woman from the 1st century BCE located outside Rome—is presented as an ordinary sight, one that any British traveler might stumble across on a daily carriage ride.

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