Klenze's paintings differ from those of his equally artistic fellow architect Schinkel in their greater emphasis on archaeology. In this work, it is the coloration of the architecture that stands out, as Klenze's response to the contemporary controversy about the colour of buildings in antiquity.
1852 durch König Ludwig I. vom Künstler erworben - 1925 an den Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds abgegeben - 1927 von diesem erworben
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Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München
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Leo von Klenze,
Ideale Ansicht der Akropolis und des Areopag in Athen, 1846,
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/2mxqY3Wx8b (Last updated on 16.02.2022)
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