Ruins at Pompeii Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet French 1853 While studying in Italy as winner of the Prix de Rome for architecture in 1851, Ancelet took a great interest in the recently excavated sites of Pompeii and the Appian Way. He executed this drawing with an architect’s precision, first laying out his composition with ruled graphite perspectival lines before applying the watercolor. His study brilliantly captures the strong light and shadows as they fell across the ruins on a cloudless day. View more. Ruins at Pompeii. Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet (French, 1829–1895). 1853. Watercolor over graphite
Ruins at Pompeii Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet French 1853 While studying in Italy as winner of the Prix de Rome for architecture in 1851, Ancelet took a great interest in the recently excavated sites of Pompeii and the Appian Way. He executed this drawing with an architect’s precision, first laying out his composition with ruled graphite perspectival lines before applying the watercolor. His study brilliantly captures the strong light and shadows as they fell across the ruins on a cloudless day. View more. Ruins at Pompeii. Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet (French, 1829–1895). 1853. Watercolor over graphite. Drawings
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