Painting·PNT-00351·1792
Thermae with Piscinae near Limassol, the ancient Amathus
Description
Stone walls with arched openings stand in ruin on the left, with a broken wall section on the right. Loose rubble blocks lie across the foreground along a dirt track. A man with a walking stick stands at left, two figures sit by the arches, and two more stand at right, with a few distant figures further along the path. Hills rise behind under a pale sky.
English
Ruined walls with arched openings, the remains of the church of St Tychon near Amathus, rise above scattered blocks beside a track. Several figures stand and sit along the path.
Title in CVAR's catalogue
Thermae with Piscinae in the neighbourhood of the town of Limassol, the ancient Amathunta in the island of Cyprus, 1792.
Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR
Printed below the image: Thermae with Piscinae in the neighbourhood of the town of Limassol, the ancient Amatunta in the island of Cyprus
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