Le Nil. Braccio nuovo

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Le Nil. Braccio nuovo

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British Photographer · 1813–1877

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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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Date: 1859
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Photograph of a statue representing the Nile River in the New Wing or Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican Museums. The Nile is personified and depicted as a nude male figure resting on his side, accompanied by sixteen infant figures. A sphinx can be seen as part of the sculptural composition.

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