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Evening at Paestum

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ArtistJasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
TitleEvening at Paestum
Date1861
MediumOil on paper
DimensionsStretcher: 5 × 10 1/4 in. (12.7 × 26 cm)
Framed: 9 × 14 1/4 × 1 in. (22.9 × 36.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMorton and Marie Bradley Memorial Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number91.252
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A painting at dusk depicting a Greek temple in the an Italian. A distant temple is at the very center of the composition. Golden hues from the sky illuminate the temple and the grassy foreground.

A painting at dusk depicting a Greek temple in the an Italian. A distant temple is at the very center of the composition. Golden hues from the sky illuminate the temple and the grassy foreground.

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"Evening at Paestum | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=91.252