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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Franz Ludwig Catel (German, Berlin 1778–1856 Rome)
Date: ca. 1820–25
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (47.6 x 37.4 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Accession no.: 2003.42.9

Inside the Colosseum
Franz Ludwig Catel
c. 1823 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001715
A View of Naples through a Window
Franz Ludwig Catel
1824 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009417
A Sailing Regatta near Berlin
Franz Ludwig Catel
1841 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00024217
View of the Church of San Pancrazio, Rome, from the South
Franz Ludwig Catel
1834 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00024291