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Ruins and Foreground, Acropolis, Athens (55. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. ruines et 1ers plans (pour tableau))

1842
Not on view
Girault’s original label inscription—"55. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. ruines et 1ers plans (pour tableau)"—indicates that this view of the rubble-strewn Acropolis was intended as a model for the foreground of an as-yet-unknown painting. The desolate scene, a panoramic extension of his photograph of the Erechtheion, resembles nothing so much as the remnants of one of the many sieges suffered by Athens over the centuries.

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  • Title: Ruins and Foreground, Acropolis, Athens (55. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. ruines et 1ers plans (pour tableau))
  • Artist: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892)
  • Date: 1842
  • Medium: Daguerreotype
  • Dimensions: Image: 3 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (9.4 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Philippe de Montebello Fund, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, Joyce F. Menschel and Annette de la Renta Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2016 (2016.91)
  • Object Number: 2016.91
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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