Photograph taken by pascal sebah in istanbul between 1863 and 1865, depicting philipp anton dethier (1803-1881), with 8 objects (each numbered on the photograph) from his personal collection of mostly ancient stone sculptures and reliefs. Translation of the original french inscription:
"group for the history of greek art. Collection of dr dethier in constantinople"
"egyptian head of a colony in ereğli (perinthus)]
other fragment of an already hellenized bust (ibid. , i. E. Perinthus)]
jaw of the serpentine column, 479 bc (hagia eirene museum)
fragment of the mausoleum, fighting amazon, ibid. (i. E. Hagia eirene museum), 350 bc
byzantium crowning athens (demosth. Pro corona) (pera)
statuette of demosthenes (from ereğli)
marcus aurelius as a prince, ad 140, (from ereğli)
gordian iii’s lion hunt in ad 242 (from antioch in pisidia)"
edhem eldem identified 5 of the 8 items:
1: head of a kouros from perinthus, now in the collections of the berlin state museums (antikensammlung inv. Sk 538)
2: torso of a kouros from perinthus, now in the museum of fine arts of budapest (inv. 8412)
3: cast of the serpent head from the serpent column. The original serpent head is now in the istanbul archaeology museum (inv. 18 m)
4: cast of a fragment of the amazonomachia frieze from the mausoleum of halicarnassos. The original fragment is now in the british museum (nb 1017)
7: statue of a naked youth, now in the collections of the berlin state museums (antikensammlung inv. Sk 201)
source: edhem eldem, "the archaeology of a photograph: philipp anton dethier and his "group for the history of greek art"", jahrbuch des deutschen archäologischen instituts, 127/128, 2013, p. 499–530. Date: between circa 1863 and circa 1865.
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