Temple of Athene Nike. Venus Victrix—Wingless Victory
Dimitrios Constantin (Greek, 1820–1900)
c. 1850s–60s
Medium
albumen print from collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 28.1 × 38.2 cm · mounted: 47 × 61.8 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2022.17
Tags
male
About this artwork
Here we see a monument of ancient Greece through the eyes of a nineteenth-century Greek. This temple on the Acropolis in Athens, completed around 420 BC, was dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike, both of whom represented being victorious in war.