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Palace of the Caesars, Rome (upper, center, and lower sketch)

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Palace of the Caesars, Rome

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Palace of the Caesars, Rome

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Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars, Rome

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Palace of the Caesars, Rome

Thomas Moran created at least five sketches of the Palace of the Caesars during his 1867 trip to Italy.1 Here, clouds drift in from the left and move across the sky to suggest the passage of time, while the ancient palace with its crumbling stonework yields to the ravages of the centuries. What perhaps fascinated Moran about the site was the almost organic quality of the buildings, which seem to have sprung spontaneously out of the hillside, only to return to nature upon being abandoned by their human occupants.

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