Ruins and Foreground, Acropolis, Athens (55. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. ruines et 1ers plans (pour tableau))

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Artist: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892)
Date: 1842
Medium: Daguerreotype
Dimensions: Image: 3 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (9.4 × 24.1 cm)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Purchase, Philippe de Montebello Fund, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, Joyce F. Menschel and Annette de la Renta Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2016 (2016.91)
Accession no.: 2016.91

Western Approach to the Acropolis, Athens (49. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. Côté O.)
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00027635
Erechtheion, Athens (62. Athènes. 1842. T. de Minerve Poliade.)
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00027636
Caryatid, Erechtheion, Athens (56. Athènes. Caryatides. Erecht.)
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00027637
Temple of Bacchus, Athens (53. Athènes. 1842. Temple de Bacchus)
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00027638

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.