Watercolour
06/1882 (painted)
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Ruined chunks of buildings litter the foreground. To the top right of the watercolour parts of two buildings remain standing. There is a wide stretch of blue sea in the background against a pale blue sky.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on wove paper laid onto card. |
| Brief description | View of the ruins of the ancient city of Trysa, near Golbasi, Turkey, by Georg Niemann, watercolour. |
| Physical description | Ruined chunks of buildings litter the foreground. To the top right of the watercolour parts of two buildings remain standing. There is a wide stretch of blue sea in the background against a pale blue sky. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Katharina Theophila Leonie Castelliz |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Katharina Theophila Leonie Castelliz, granddaughter of the artist, the Austrian architect Niemann. Historical significance: Various sculptures from the site of Trysa are now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Niemann was an archaeologist as well as an architect, and this drawing is a record of the site showing the position of the remaining tombs. |
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| Accession number | E.231-1998 |
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| Record created | June 21, 1999 |
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