Hadrian's library

074_Tr_9_Pococke_temple_of_jupiter_olympus
Creator
Richard Pococke
Creation-date
1745
Technique
Printed text
Material
Paper
Inventory number
SPECIAL 84B 7359 V.2
Subject-1
Hadrian's library
Object-Current-Location
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute
Digital resource author
GrECI Project
Digital-resource-rights holder
University of Cyprus (for GrECI Project)
Image-number
074_Tr_9
License
CC BY

Description

From the travelogue of the churchman Richard Pococke published with the title "A description of the East and some other countries". It is a drawing representing the Hadrian's library at Athens. He misinterpreated the building with the Olympieion.
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