Does anyone know which classical painting this is?

[I, Brian]

Am presuming by the visual references to classical architecture that it's a classical piece - but what is the painting, and by which painter, used behind the text? Does anyone know?

http://www.chroniclesofempire.net/gr...clesheader.gif

[The Judge]

If it is classical and not something modern devised for the site/book, I wonder if it might be part of a picture of Lot fleeing Sodom, with the city being destroyed in the background. I've had a quick google, though, and can't find anything comparable, nor for the destruction of Troy.

[HareBrain]

Forgive me if I'm much mistaken, Brian, but isn't that your site? So, er, don't you know where you got it?

[I, Brian]

I picked it up from a Google Images search years ago. I can't remember what the painting was, but I'm curious to find out what it is.

[Leisha]

Hi, Brian! It's a painting called "The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem", done by David Roberts in 1850.

Hope this helps!

Edit:


Aha! here: http://www.preteristarchive.com/ARTc...jerusalem.html

[I, Brian]

Brilliant! Cheers for that!

[thaddeus6th]

Good hunting, Leisha.

[Alex, The G and T]

Thx. I was really curious about that.
I just hates me mystery.