Interior Passage in the Colosseum

François Diday

1825 · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas · European Paintings

Diday focused his attention on transitions of light and shadow in this arched passage, which was depicted by a number of artists in the early nineteenth century. The painter is said to have exhibited many studies executed in Italy following his sojourn of 1824–25. The present example may have been included in an exhibition held at Galerie Lebrun, Paris, in 1826, the year after it was painted.

Artist

François Diday

Date

1825

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

The Whitney Collection, Promised Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003