Monument of Philopappos

1857

James Robertson

Associated Names
James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Antonio Beato

Artist, British, born Corfu (?), after 1832 - 1906

The sculpture depicts a detailed frieze with human figures in flowing garments on a stone structure made of large, stacked stone blocks. The material appears to be light-colored stone like limestone or marble. The sculpture is large, towering over three people at its base. The figures in the frieze are life-sized or larger, suggesting the sculpture's intended grandeur and significance. The people are dressed in 19th-century attire, providing a sense of scale next to the sculpture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.2 × 25 cm (10 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1995; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on image, by unknown hand, lower left in negative: monument of phylopap[p?]us; bottom left in negative: no 13; on verso, center left in graphite: Monument of Philopaphus; bottom right in graphite: 95.5095

Wikidata ID

Q64155471

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