File:Claude Vernet Avignon 1756 crop.jpg
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Detail showing the ruins of the Pont Saint-Bénezet from a painting of Avignon by Claude-Joseph Vernet. The view is from the right bank of the Rhone near the Tour Philippe-le-Bel. |
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| Date | 1757 (the picture was probably began in 1756 but is signed and dated 1757 in bottom left hand corner) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | The painting was auctioned by Sotheby's as lot 39 on 3 July 2013 for £5,346,500. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo taken by uploader at Sotheby's viewing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| current | 15:32, 3 July 2013 | | 3,628 × 2,644 (1.93 MB) | wikimediacommons>Aa77zz | Photo taken by uploader of part of picture on display at Sotheby's. Much better resolution than the image that it replaces but some distortion introduced. |
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