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Ruins of the Palatine Hill

ca. 1772–76
Not on view
Born in Bruges, Suvée completed his artistic training in Paris, where in 1771 he won the Prix de Rome, beating out a young Jacques Louis David, five years his junior. As a student at the Académie de France in Rome, he made this accomplished study of the sun-drenched ruins of the Colosseum. In both technique and conception, it echoes the landscape drawings of his predecessors, artists such as Hubert Robert who saw antiquity as a source of picturesque motifs and an inspiration for reverie.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ruins of the Palatine Hill
  • Artist: Joseph Benoît Suvée (French, Bruges 1743–1807 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1772–76
  • Medium: Red chalk
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 3/16 in. (36.2 x 51.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.240
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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