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Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.1 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.571
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph of a bas-relief depicting Venus persuading Helen to love Paris. Seated in the left foreground are Helen (of Fall of Troy fame) and Aphrodite; to the right stand Eros and Paris; atop a column in the upper left background sits Peitho.
Collections
Additional Details
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. 11192. NAPOLI - Museo Nazionale. Venere persuade Elena ad amare Paride. (Scultura Greca.)"
Verso, top left corner (pencil): "11189"
Verso, top left corner (pencil): "11189"
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.894
Neurdein Frères
Date: 1906-1915
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.505
Unknown artist
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.30
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.572
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Norman Bluhm
Date: 1961
Medium: Ink and casein on paper, mounted on Masonite
Object number: 1989.4
Jean-François Millet
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 2015.3.3
Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva
Date: 19th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.230
Helen Frankenthaler
Date: 1985 (published 1987)
Medium: Aquatint and sugar lift etching, lithograph and screenprint
Object number: 1989.13
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.173