View of the Roman Forum with the Arch of Septimius Severus
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Between 1835 and 1844 Hansen witnessed the excavation of well-known ancient monuments in Rome, which he tended to depict from different perspectives. Here he portrayed the triumphal arch of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and, at right, the ancient Temple of Saturn; the domed building in the left background is the Church of Santi Luca e Martina. This study is striking in the way it conveys the feeling of being in the middle of an excavation site, where, for example, the smaller side arches on the Arch of Septimius Severus have not yet been exhumed.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of the Roman Forum with the Arch of Septimius Severus
- Artist: Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
- Date: ca. 1841
- Medium: Oil on paper mounted on board
- Dimensions: Framed: 18 3/4 × 24 1/2 in. (47.6 × 62.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 20 1/16 in. (37 × 51 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Collection of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints