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Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (27.3 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.24
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph of a statue of Venus found on the island of Melos, Greece in the early 19th Century; dates back to the Hellenistic Art (3rd-1st Centuries BC)
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Bust of the Venus of Melos
Provenance
2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed
Recto, lower right corner: "2561 Louvre. Buste de la Vénus de Milo. L.L."
Neurdein Frères
Date: 1906-1915
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.21
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st century
Medium: Drawn and tooled glass
Object number: 2015.6.36
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st century
Medium: Drawn and tooled glass
Object number: 2015.6.44
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.9
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1127
Medium: Stoneware with white glaze
Object number: 2016.6.4
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.80
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 1906-1915
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.25
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.13
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.14
The Rosoni Painter
Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.574
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.10