Mosaic Picture over a door in the Church of S. Constantia, c. A.D. 850
Photograph
1864-1870 (photographed)
1864-1870 (photographed)
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Photograph of a mosaic over a door in the Church of St. Constantia, Rome. It depicts Christ sitting on a globe, holding out an object to a Saint who kneels before him, offering a palm branch.
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Title | Mosaic Picture over a door in the Church of S. Constantia, c. A.D. 850 (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | mounted albumen print |
Brief description | Photograph of a mosaic over the door in the Church of S. Constantia, from a set commissioned by John Henry Parker, Rome, 1864-1870 |
Physical description | Photograph of a mosaic over a door in the Church of St. Constantia, Rome. It depicts Christ sitting on a globe, holding out an object to a Saint who kneels before him, offering a palm branch. |
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Object history | This object is part of a series of over 3,300 photographs documenting the principal monuments, artworks and artefacts of Rome from the classical age to the 1600s. The photographs were taken between 1864 and 1879 under the direction of John Henry Parker, the founder of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome, and many were published in his Archaeology of Rome (1874-1879). Parker employed local photographers including Adriano De Bonis, Filippo Spina, Carlo Baldassare Simelli, Francesco Sidoli, Filippo Lais and Giovanni Battista Colamedici, as well as a Canadian, Charles Smeaton. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds a large collection of the photographs taken before 1870. |
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Accession number | 70884 |
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Record created | July 14, 2016 |
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