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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.131
People
Félix Bonfils, French (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) 1831 - 1885 Alès (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France))
Title
Interior of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Égypte. Grèce. Asie Mineure. Album de photographies (1872)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1872
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Lebanon
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354178

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Photograph: 29.1 x 34.1 cm (11 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Mat/album page: 34.1 x 24.5 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed in photo, lower left: Bonfils / 178
  • inscription: in mount, upper left, in graphite: 20 [encircled]
  • inscription: printed on mount, lower left: Bonfils Phot.
  • inscription: printed on mount, lower center: 17B
  • inscription: printed on mount, lower right: Pl.30.
  • inscription: printed on mount, lower center: SYRIE / Intérierur du Temple de Jupiter - Balbek
  • stamp: on mount, lower center, brown ink: FORBES LIBRARY / NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts. Dr. Daniel and Janet Tassel, Lexington, MA, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Daniel and Janet Tassel
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.131
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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