Piazza del Quirinal with the Obelisk and Horse Tamers

Robert MacPherson (Scottish, 1811–1872)

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print

DimensionsImage: 40.6 x 30.4 cm (16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Mount: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection

Accession number2011.170

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InscriptionsRecto, below image, in ink on mount: Piazza del Quirinal, with the Obelisk and / Horse Tamers Below this, MacPherson blind stamp, with number 96 in graphite L. l., in ink: Rome: Italy. Verso, MFA Photo Library Accession Sticker, with numbers in ink: 436/R6/5.12/ . . . 14056 To right of sticker, in ink: Rome. Horse Tamers (The Dioscuri, Kaster & Polydydeukes)/ (Pollux). To right of this, in ink: See Gardner's "Handbook" p. 445 (Sysipion)/See Furtwangler's "Masterpieces" p. 95 (Phidion/(trans.) Below sticker, in graphite: 198 In center, stamped in violet ink: Museum of Fine Arts, /Boston. L. l., along edge, stamped in black ink: The Gardner Brewer Collection