SOLD
Harold Edward Speed:
Athens, 1909 - a solitary figure in front of the Olympeion
Framed (ref: 7013)
Signed, inscribed 'Athens' and dated 1909
Oil on fine canvas board
11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (30 x 42 cm)
Tags: Harold Edward Speed oil panel architecture landscape British Artists in Europe
Provenance: Newman's; C.H. St J. Hornby (p 24)
The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), also known as the Olympeion is one of the biggest ancient temples in Greece.
Vast and impressive, the Temple was begun by Peisistratus the Young in the sixth century BC and completed by Roman emperor Hadrian around 132 AD.
