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Rome: Groupe de Laocoon (Vatican)

Charles Soulier (French, 1840-1875)c. 1860

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Title: Rome: Groupe de Laocoon (Vatican)
Creator: Charles Soulier (French, 1840-1875)
Date Created: c. 1860
Physical Dimensions: Image: 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Mounted, primary: 53.4 x 40.4 cm (21 x 15 7/8 in.); Mounted, secondary: 75 x 56 cm (29 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
Provenance: Michael Mattis wrote that these photographs were part of a larger group "gathered over 20 years from a variety of small-fry European dealers and/or auction."
Type: Photograph
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.439
Medium: albumen print from a collodion negative
Inscriptions: Imprinted on primary mount: "Photographié après nature par CH. SOULIER/PHOTOGRAPHE de L'EMPEREUR./ROME/GROUPE DE LAOCOON (VATICAN)/346/Publié à Paris. 141. Boulevard Sébastopol" Written in pencil on secondary mount: "Soulier"
Department: Photography
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
Collection: Photography
Accession Number: 2012.439

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