ID: 700007775 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007775	Record Type: Movable Work

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens (photograph; Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804 - 1892) (F...; 1842; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.82.2)

Note: Full view of the great Doric temple dedicated to Athena, the patron goddress of Athens, designed and built in the fifth century BC. Heavily damaged by an explosion in 1684. Noted for the extreme refinement of its details including the slight curvature of its carefully spaced columns.

Titles:

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Athènes, Parthénon. Faç.[ade] et C.[olonnade] Nord. (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

photograph [300046300] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1842

Creator Display:

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804 - 1892) (French Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (French photographer and draftsman, 1804-1892) [500184308]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2003.82.2

Display Materials: Daguerreotype

	daguerreotype (process) [300053530]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes, direct positive processes)

Dimensions: Whole plateImage: 18.8 x 24 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)Object (whole): 18.8 x 24 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Acropolis [7233830]
	.....(Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Verso) inscribed in black ink on white label affixed to copper plate back at left center, by Girault de Prangey: "112. Athènes. 1842. / Parthénon. Faç. et / C. Nord." [all sideways] (Verso) inscribed in pencil, at upper right corner of brown paper seal: "649"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Athènes, Parthénon. Faç.[ade] et C.[olonnade] Nord.	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)