Central Metope of the Frieze of Phidias, Parthenon, by Henry Bacon, ca. 1909-1912
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Central Metope of the Frieze of Phidias, Parthenon

Henry Bacon (born Haverhill, MA 1839-died Cairo, Egypt 1912)

ca. 1909-1912

Medium
watercolor
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
sight 26 x 19 in. (66.0 x 48.3 cm)
Culture
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Graphic Arts
Credit line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of the artist by his wife Louisa Lee Bacon
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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