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Les Colosses de Phidias et de Praxitèle au Mont Quirinal
Creator
James AndersonBritish Photographer · 1813–1877
All works by this person →James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog
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- about 1850–1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Close view of the base of an obelisk surrounded by four statues. The statues depict two rearing horses and two male figures, often identified as Castor and Pollux.
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