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ANONYMOUS. Alexandria / Library / Woodcut / fr. Göll

ANONYMOUS. Alexandria (Egypt), Library of Alexandria. (founded by Ptolemy II, 283-246 BC, burnt down 47 BC). "Fire in the museum of Alexandria". Woodcut, unsigned, col. at a later stage From: Hermann Göll, Die Weisen und Gelehrten des Alterthums, 2nd edition Leipzig (Otto Spamer) 1876, p. 359. Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.

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Title:

Alexandria / Library / Woodcut / fr. Göll

Caption:

Alexandria (Egypt), Library of Alexandria. (founded by Ptolemy II, 283-246 BC, burnt down 47 BC). "Fire in the museum of Alexandria". Woodcut, unsigned, col. at a later stage From: Hermann Göll, Die Weisen und Gelehrten des Alterthums, 2nd edition Leipzig (Otto Spamer) 1876, p. 359. Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.

Technique/material:

WOOD ENGRAVING • GRAPHIC ART • PRINT (ART)

Museum:

Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte

Credit:

Album / akg-images

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Image size:

3364 x 2672 px | 25.7 MB

Print size:

28.5 x 22.6 cm | 11.2 x 8.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1ST BCE • 1ST CENTURY B. C. • 1ST CENTURY BC • 1ST MILLENNIUM B. C. • ALEXANDRIA • ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANONYMOUS • BERLIN, SAMMLUNG ARCHIV FÜR KUNST UND GESCHICHTE • BLAST • BLAZE • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EXPLODING • EXPLOSION • FIRE • FIRES • GEOGRAPHY • GRAPHIC ART • GRAPHIC ARTS • GREECE • HERMANN GOELL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • LARGE FIRE • LIBRARY • PHAROS • PRINT (ART) • PRINTED GRAPHICS • TOPOGRAPHY • WOOD ENGRAVING • WOODCUT ENGRAVING • XYLOGRAPH