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Painted night view of the Parthenon temple in Athens, its columns glowing red and yellow against a dark sky.

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Parthenon at Night, Athens, Frederic Edwin Church (1860), Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Via artnap.com

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A nocturnal view of the Parthenon in Athens, its columns and pediment glowing in warm red, orange and yellow light against a dark sky and rough, brushy ground. Frederic Edwin Church made this drawing in 1860, and it is held by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Museum record: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum