Temple of Juno in Agrigento
The story
The ruined Greek temple at Agrigento in Sicily, dedicated to the goddess Hera, sits in an empty parched landscape. Friedrich never actually went to Italy and based the painting on a print after someone else's watercolour. Painted around 1828.
- Artist
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Year
- 1828
- Period
- Romantic
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
