The Sleeping Ariadne, formerly called the Cleopatra; Hall of the Philosophers; Vatican.
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The Sleeping Ariadne, formerly called the Cleopatra; Hall of the Philosophers; Vatican.

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Photograph

Robert Macpherson

Maker
Scottish, 1811–1872

The Sleeping Ariadne, formerly called the Cleopatra; Hall of the Philosophers; Vatican.

Ariadne


ca. 1858
Albumen silver print
33.1 x 27.7 cm.
Purchase
1982.1970.0001
Inscriptions mount recto-(in pencil) "Ariadne" "521"
(blindstamp with pencil inscription) "R. MacPherson Rome 78"
mount verso-(in pencil) "Statue in Vatican - Rome fine antique copy of
Greek original time of Pergamene school 3d cent B.C."
(applied label with ink inscription) "Ariadne Photograph of the
statue in the Vatican - which is a fine antique copy of a Greek
original about third century B.C" "521"
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