Gigantic Head Cut in the Solid Rock, Lately Discovered near Smyrna at the Entrance of a Cave
1866
Alexander Svoboda
Artist, Russian, 1826 - 1896
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Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 21.9 × 27 cm (8 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2018.7.42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Marc Pagneux, Paris); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 1996; NGA purchase, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, across top in graphite: 11 Series of the Seven Churches of Asia / Smyrna-- / (gigantic head cut in the solid rock / lately discovered near Smyrna / at the entrance of a Cave--
Wikidata ID
Q64032528