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Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard — Le Thésée de Phidias/ Fragment du Fronton du Parthenon d'Athènes/ Maintenant au Musée Britannique

Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard

Le Thésée de Phidias/ Fragment du Fronton du Parthenon d'Athènes/ Maintenant au Musée Britannique

1851

Classical sculpture meets early photography in this carefully composed study that helped establish photography's role in art historical documentation and museum cataloging.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, Le Thésée de Phidias/ Fragment du Fronton du Parthenon d'Athènes/ Maintenant au Musée Britannique, 1851

Classical sculpture meets early photography in this carefully composed study that helped establish photography's role in art historical documentation and museum cataloging.

Medium
Salted paper print
Year
1851
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Photography, French, Archival, 1850s, Documentary, Sculpture, Classical, Historical, Fragment, Parthenon, Ancient, Salted Paper Print

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