Caption
View of the Temple of Hercules Invictus in Rome, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., inscription: '515 TEMPIO DI VESTA', Rome, 1870 - c. 1895, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 199 mm x width 258 mm, temple, shrine, Roman religion, (story of) Vesta (Hestia), Temple of Hercules Invictus, A wide sepia photograph showing a circular ancient temple with a tiled conical roof supported by tall fluted columns standing on a stepped base, positioned toward the right side of the image, and a large ornate fountain with a sculpted rocky base and carved figures rising from its center in the left foreground; a man in a hat leaning against the fountain edge is visible, stone bollards encircle the fountain, a low building with a barred window sits behind the fountain at left, trees and a low wall are behind the temple, and the scene rests on a broad paved open area under a pale sky.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A76_411
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Available size
34.0Mb (6.3Mb) / 12.9in x 10.2in / 3869 x 3074 (300dpi)