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View of the Acropolis
Adolphe Braun & Co. (French, 1845-1894)c. 1880s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Adolphe marketed his photos of flowers, artworks, landscapes, and monuments from across Europe throughout that continent and in North America. The Acropolis of Athens, the most famous ancient Greek site, must have sold well; Braun offered multiple views of it. The image on a carbon print is formed from pigmented gelatin, which is far more resistant to fading than the silver or metal salts in silver-based prints.
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- Title: View of the Acropolis
- Creator: Adolphe Braun & Co. (French, 1845-1894)
- Date Created: c. 1880s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 37.6 x 48.2 cm (14 13/16 x 19 in.); Paper: 38.4 x 49.5 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.58
- Medium: mammoth carbon print, brown-toned
- Inscriptions: Pencil marking on recto left margin, Numbers imprinted on recto, right margin, Written in pencil on verso: "77", Written in pencil on verso: "Acropole", Written in pencil on verso: "D"
- Fun Fact: Carbon prints are among the stable and long-lasting photographic processes.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
- Collection: PH - French 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2021.58
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