1939-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
The Ilissus, from the Parthenon West Pediment, 1829 or 1830
- Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grayish blue wove paper
- Sheet: 14 3/4 × 18 inches (37.5 × 45.7 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.474
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2018, pp. 159-160, cat. 23 (ill.).
Thomas Cole, The Ilissus, from the Parthenon West Pediment, 1829 or 1830, black chalk heightened with white chalk on grayish blue wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.474.