Inside the Colosseum

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Franz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778–1856)
Date: c. 1823
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100.4 × 137.5 cm (39 1/2 × 58 1/4 in.); Framed: 125 × 161 cm (49 × 63 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: painting
Style: 19th century
Place: Germany
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Accession no.: 2013.1094

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Franz Ludwig Catel
1834 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00024291