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The Victor in the chariot race receiving the triumphal crown – Historic Reproduction

The Victor in the chariot race receiving the triumphal crown — antique engraving
The Victor in the chariot race receiving the triumphal crown. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures The Victor in the chariot race receiving the triumphal crown in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This engraving reproduces a scene of a charioteer receiving a triumphal crown, a moment of victory in a race, taken from the Northern Frieze of the Parthenon in Athens. The frieze was carved in the fifth century BCE, during the building of the temple on the Acropolis under Pericles, and it wraps around the upper walls of the cella. Because the original marbles were removed to London in the early 1800s, engravings like this one were among the main ways European and American viewers came to know the sculpture. The record does not give a date for the print, so its exact age is uncertain.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsEngraving of relief from the Northern Frieze of the Parthenon. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Victory; Greece--Athens; Chariots; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129727

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