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Rome, Quirinale

ca. 1855
Not on view
The colossal statues of the "horse tamers" Castor and Pollux have graced Rome's Quirinal hill since antiquity. The Egyptian obelisk that now sits between them was moved to the site in the 1780s, shortly after having been discovered at the mausoleum of Augustus. The author of this anonymous calotype saw the possibility of expressing the energy of the famed sculptures in dramatic and animated silhouette.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rome, Quirinale
  • Artist: Unknown (British)
  • Date: ca. 1855
  • Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 16.7 x 21.4 cm (6 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
    Sheet: 17.8 x 21.7 cm (7 x 8 9/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.1.48
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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