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Object within Schaaf no. 3363

Basso relievo - of Wingless Victory - lately found - 1848

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Object details

Created: Between 1 Jan 1848 and 31 Dec 1848

Image size: h 20.6cm x w 15.3cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: lightly waxed; folded in 3

Inscription: in ink, verso: B. ; in ink verso: Basso relievo - of Wingless Victory - lately found - 1848

Provenance:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubel Collection, Purchased 1997
The Rubel Collection (R010)
Harold White

Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object owner number: 1997.382.7

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3363

Basso relievo - of Wingless Victory - lately found - 1848

Location: Athens

Keywords: Architecture Heritage Archaeology Sculpture

A relief depicting an ancient goddess fixing her sandal, now housed in the Acropolis museum, if from the parapet around the temple shown in Schaaf No. 3259. A small bust is visible in the lower left of the negative.

Bridges refers to this negative in a letter to Talbot dated November 20, 1848.