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    ADOLPHE BRAUN (1812-77)

    Set of photographs of fictive herms and caryatids in the Stanza di Eliodoro

    c.1853-76

    Carbon print | RCIN 852772

    A set of six photographs showing the herms and allegorical caryatids painted on the dado in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.

    • Creator(s)

      Adolphe Braun (1812-77) (photographer)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Architectural design
            • Architectural decoration & motifs
              • Caryatids & telamons
              • Herms & Terms
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza d'Eliodoro [Vatican Palace]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.205 G.1-6

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