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Temple of Athene Nike. Venus Victrix—Wingless Victory

Dimitrios ConstantinLinkedCulture matchlcp-236455276c02

Date: c. 1850s–60s
Medium: albumen print from collodion negative
Culture: Greece, 19th century
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 452652

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Here we see a monument of ancient Greece through the eyes of a nineteenth-century Greek. This temple on the Acropolis in Athens, completed around 420 BC, was dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike, both of whom represented being victorious in war. Dimitrios Constantine, who opened a studio in 1858, was probably the second professional photographer in Greece.

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Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance: Serge Plantureux, Paris, France, sold to Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY | ?-2022: Michael Mattis & Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | March 7, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH