Photograph·pht_09774·1924

Ruins at temple of Venus

Large fallen stone blocks in grass, with a figure in a long coat standing among them
Photograph: 1924. pht_09774. "Ruins at temple of Venus". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Large, roughly squared limestone blocks lie in tumbled heaps across the grassy ground, some stacked in courses. A woman in a long dark coat and hat stands on the upper blocks near the centre, facing away. At the left edge a man in a cap stands partly cut off by the frame. Behind them a low building with flat roof and small windows stands among more fallen blocks under an empty pale sky.

English

Large squared blocks of stone lie scattered across grass in the foreground. A figure in a long dark coat stands on the blocks, with a man in a cap at the left edge and a low stone building behind.

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