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The Columns of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
Also titled De zuilen van het Parthenon op de Acropolis in Athene
1858 - 1860
- Medium
- cardboard, photographic support
- Classification
- photograph
- Dimensions
- height 379 mm x width 278 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of C.J.J.G. Vosmaer, Leiden
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Constantin opened his studio in 1858 and began photographing archaeological finds in Greece. This shot, once owned by the art historian Carel Vosmaer, was taken from an unusual vantage point: the columns are seen from below, and the broken fragments make the impression of tumbling forward. Compositions like this earned the Greek great praise at the 1862 London International Exhibition and the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
