# View of the Colosseum by Night [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARUS, Carl Gustav]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 48 x 37 cm ## Commentary View of the Colosseum by Night 1830-32 Oil on canvas, 48 x 37 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Carus was close to Caspar David Friedrich and painted the same Romantic subjects: ruins, mountains, and moonlit nights. But for Carus such themes were an opportunity to admire the beauty of the world more than an occasion for profound contemplation; his paintings tend to delight the eye rather than induce thoughtfulness. The present painting was inspired by the artist's impressions gained on a journey around Italy in 1828. ## Related artworks - [A Gondola on the Elbe near Dresden]() - [Morning Fog]() - [Oaks at the Sea Shore]() - [Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley]() - [The Goethe Monument]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()