Erectheum / D. Constantin á Athénes. – Antique Print
![Erectheum / D. Constantin á Athénes., [between 1850 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0e31df1f9766-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Erectheum / D. Constantin á Athénes.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Erectheum / D. Constantin á Athénes.
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Few buildings on the Acropolis are as recognizable as the Erechtheum, the Ionic temple shown in this view by D. Constantin. Built between about 421 and 406 B.C., it honored Athena and the legendary king Erechtheus, and its south porch, supported by six draped female figures called caryatids, has become one of the most copied motifs in classical architecture. This print was mounted in a traveler's album that also held views of Egypt, the Rhine, Switzerland, and the Tyrol, which shows how central Athens' ruins had become to European travel by the 1860s and 1870s.
| Created / published | [between 1850 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1850-1880. |
| Notes | In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 13. |
| Subjects | Archaeological sites--Greece--Athens--1850-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185559 |
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