Paestum: Temple of Athena, ca. 1870

Title

Paestum: Temple of Athena

Photographer

• Giorgio Sommer attributed

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• architectural photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture

Main Motif

• Italy
• temple
• building
• ruin
• column
• Paestum
• Temple of Athena (Paestum)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ceres
• Athena

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(PAESTUM) names of cities and villages (PAESTUM)
• 61F(TEMPIO DI ATENA (Paestum)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TEMPIO DI ATENA (Paestum))
• 12F61 temple, shrine ~ Roman religion

Secondary

• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 25H11 mountains
• 25G31 shrubs
• 31D14 adult man