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Sepia photograph of ruined stone walls with arched niches and large blocks at Baalbek, with rubble in the foreground.

Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Hémicycle De L'Enciente Des Temples Du Soleil Et De Jupiter; Syrie

A salted paper print showing a ruined stone exedra at Baalbek, with massive dressed blocks, arched niches and recessed openings rising above rubble and debris. Broken masonry crowns the wall, and a dark ground in the foreground is strewn with fallen fragments under a pale sky.

Artist
Maxime Du Camp
Date
1849/51, printed 1852
Medium
Salted paper print, plate 120 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2238 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1852).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund

Español: Ruinas de Baalbek: hemiciclo del recinto de los templos del Sol y Júpiter, Siria

Una copia en papel salado que muestra un muro en ruinas de piedra en Baalbek, con grandes bloques labrados, nichos arqueados y vanos hundidos que se elevan sobre escombros. Fragmentos de mampostería coronan el muro, y el primer plano oscuro está cubierto de piedras caídas bajo un cielo pálido.

Português: Ruínas de Baalbek: hemiciclo do recinto dos templos do Sol e de Júpiter, Síria

Uma cópia em papel salgado que mostra um muro de pedra em ruínas em Baalbek, com grandes blocos lavrados, nichos em arco e vãos recuados erguendo-se sobre entulho. Fragmentos de alvenaria coroam o muro, e o primeiro plano escuro está coberto de pedras caídas sob um céu pálido.

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