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Ruins of an Ancient City
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Ruins of an Ancient City

c. 1810–20
John Martin (British, 1789–1854) visual detail
ArtistJohn Martin (British, 1789–1854)
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Medium
oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 118.5 x 142 x 8 cm (46 5/8 x 55 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 95.6 x 118.6 cm (37 5/8 x 46 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
Origin
England, 19th century
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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Provenance

Public
Provenance event

William Ropner, 1864-1947 (West Hartlepool, England), by 1898, when it was withdrawn from a Christie...

Provenance event

Privat collection (sold, Christie's, London, 24 November 1978, lot 160) as An Extensive Classical La...

Provenance event

Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.

Source provenance text

William Ropner, 1864-1947 (West Hartlepool, England), by 1898, when it was withdrawn from a Christie's sale. Privat collection (sold, Christie's, London, 24 November 1978, lot 160) as An Extensive Classical Landscape with a Ruined City, ca. 1812-15, for £6,000 to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.

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Exhibitions

Public
Artlens Exhibition 2017

The Year in Review for 1981

Source exhibition text

The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). Artlens Exhibition 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

The painting depicts an imagined scene of a ruined ancient city bathed in the nostalgic glow of twilight. The artist's detailed, almost archeological, interest in these Greek or Roman buildings is characteristic of neoclassicism, although the composition—which plunges suddenly from the foreground into a deep valley—and dramatic lighting are typical of Romantic painting.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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