Sarcophage. Capitole

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Sarcophage. Capitole

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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 showing one side of the sarcophagus of Gerontia. The visible relief panel depicts a scene from the Greek mythological story of Selene, the goddess of moon, and her lover, Endymion. Selene is portrayed here as a female figure with her chariot, visiting a sleeping male figure. The lid of the sarcophagus is ornately decorated as well, framed with gables and sculptured elements.

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