Tempelresten in Baalbek, Libanon
Also titled Temple Ruins in Baalbek, Lebanon
Gustave Le Gray (Villiers-le-Bel, 1820–1884)
c. 1860
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- photograph
- Dimensions
- height 254 mm x width 557 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Around 1860 Le Gray resided at the court of a Lebanese sheikh as a drawing instructor. He captured this historical site and the ancient temple ruins. In order to take a sweeping panoramic photograph, he mounted two paper negatives together, as is the case here. The Roman emperor Trajan once visited this place, where he raised a temple dedicated to Jupiter.
