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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.190
People
Antonio Beato, Italian, Venetian (Venice, Italy c. 1835 - c. 1906 Luxor, Egypt)
Previously attributed to Felice Beato, British (Venice, Italy 1832 - 1909 Florence, Italy)
Title
Great Temple at Karnak, Thebes
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
after 1862
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285756

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 26 x 36.4 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: recto, bottom center, rubber stamp used on negative: A. Beato
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 646 [the rest is illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Temple Bar Bookshop, Cambridge, MA, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., 1977.
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York, purchased from Temple Bar Bookshop, 1977, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. Purchased December 1977 in Cambridge, MA. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.190
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • New Presences at the Fogg, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978
  • New Presences in the Fogg Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978

Verification Level

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