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Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (18.4 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.544
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph (back view) of the sculpture The Dying Gaul (also named The Dying Gladiator), an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Collections
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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, bottom margin: "(Edne. Alinari) Pe. Ia. No. 5998. ROMA - Museo Capitolino. Un Gladiatore moribondo, visto da tergo. (Scuola di Pergamo.)"
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