1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Acanthus Leaf from the Coliseum, ca. 1832
- Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
Pen and brown ink with plant speciman attached to sheet
- Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 1/8 inches (29.8 × 20.6 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.563.11
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. "Manifesto for an American Sublime: Thomas Cole's The Oxbow." Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2018, pp. 72-73 (fig. 49).
Thomas Cole, Acanthus Leaf from the Coliseum, ca. 1832, pen and brown ink with plant speciman attached to sheet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.563.11.