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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
The Temple of Venus and Rome
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

The Temple of Venus and Rome

Artist Alphonse Henri Périn (French, 1798 - 1874)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1824 - 1827
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions12 5/8 × 17 7/8 in. (32.1 × 45.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2017.35
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 215
DescriptionPérin’s small oil painting of The Temple of Venus and Rome on the Via Sacra in the Imperial Forums of Rome captures one of the most distinctive ruins in what had been the capital of the known world.
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