Caption

Érechthéion, Facade with caryatids of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis of Athens, page, photomechanical print, Athens, cliché maker: Dujardin, printer (person): Chardon-Wittmann, c. 1880 - in or before 1890, photographer, printer (person), Athene, Periféreia Protevoúsis, paper, photoaquatint, height 145 mm x width 215 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, caryatids, temple, shrine, Greek religion, Akropolis, Erechtheion, A sepia-toned photograph of an ancient stone structure showing a section of a building with a decorated horizontal entablature supported by sculpted female figures serving as columns; the figures wear draped garments and stand on a raised platform, each topped with a carved capital, and they are set against large weathered stone blocks forming the wall and base of the structure, with scattered stone fragments and rubble at the foreground; a man wearing a hat and coat sits among the stones near the lower right corner of the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A98_321

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.7Mb (9.4Mb) / 14.9in x 11.9in / 4480 x 3565 (300dpi)

Keywords

Érechthéion Facade caryatids Erechtheion Acropolis Athens page photomechanical print cliché maker Dujardin printer person Chardon-Wittmann c 1880 - 1890 photographer Athene Periféreia Protevoúsis paper photoaquatint height 145 mm x width 215 mm ruin building architecture temple shrine Greek religion Akropolis sepia-toned photograph ancient stone structure showing section decorated horizontal entablature supported sculpted female figures serving columns figures wear draped garments stand raised platform topped carved capital set large weathered stone blocks forming wall base structure scattered stone fragments rubble foreground man wearing hat coat sits stones near lower right corner image