Carl Haag (1820-1915)
Encampment of the Prince of Wales at Baalbeck, 1862 dated 1863
Watercolour, with pen and ink, and bodycolour | 52.0 x 82.2 cm (frame, external) | RCIN 452249
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The artist Carl Haag had travelled in the Middle East in the late 1850s. After his return to Britain, the Prince of Wales commissioned Haag to paint this imagined scene of the royal encampment outside the ruins of Baalbek. The six standing columns are just visible behind the Temple of Jupiter.
Provenance
Commissioned in 1863 by King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour, with pen and ink, and bodycolour
Measurements
52.0 x 82.2 cm (frame, external)
30.5 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
29.5 x 60.2 cm (sight)
