Theatre of Dionysus

A man in a blue suit and red cap sits on a weathered marble bench at the left of a sun-bleached ancient theatre, its tiered stone rows sloping toward distant hills. Pale washes of blue sky and ochre earth fill the composition, with small animals grazing in the distant landscape and a rough stone stairway running down the center.

Artist

Henry Bacon

Date

1839-1912

Medium

watercolor

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 2199 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum