The Colosseum by John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810

The Colosseum

John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810

1776

Oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art

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A painting depicts the Colosseum in Rome with several figures and a horse in the foreground. Other ancient Roman structures and trees are visible in the background under a cloudy sky. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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colosseum horse arch diagonal sweep asymmetrical balance foreground figures one-point perspective ancient ruins landscape figures architecture earth tones

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