The Appian Way
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
With the American tourist in mind, John Linton Chapman produced numerous versions of this painting of the Via Appia, the ancient roadway outside Rome that is lined with the ruins of tombs. Chapman describes the scene in precise detail, thus competing with popular photographic views of the site.
Caption
John Linton Chapman (American, 1839–1905). The Appian Way, 1869. Oil on canvas, 29 7/16 x 71 9/16 in. (74.8 x 181.8 cm) frame: 38 3/4 × 81 5/16 × 3 5/8 in. (98.4 × 206.5 × 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society, Carll H. de Silver Fund, Caroline H. Polhemus Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, 79.87. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Appian Way
Date
1869
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
29 7/16 x 71 9/16 in. (74.8 x 181.8 cm) frame: 38 3/4 × 81 5/16 × 3 5/8 in. (98.4 × 206.5 × 9.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "J. Linton Chapman./ Roma./ 1869."
Inscriptions
Inscribed on verso: "Via Appia/ painted for Silas C. Herring, Esq. N.Y./ by J. Linton Chapman. Roma. 1869"
Credit Line
Gift of The Roebling Society, Carll H. de Silver Fund, Caroline H. Polhemus Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund
Accession Number
79.87
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