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THE VANQUISHERS OF SALAMIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE FERNAND CORMON LATE 1800S
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THE VANQUISHERS OF SALAMIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE FERNAND CORMON LATE 1800S THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, THE VANQUISHERS OF SALAMIS WAS PAINTED BY FERNAND CORMON IN 1887. THE PAINTING DEPICTS THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS (480 BCE), THE DECISIVE NAVAL BATTLE IN WHICH THE GREEK FLEET, LED BY THEMISTOCLES, DEFEATED THE MUCH LARGER PERSIAN FORCES OF XERXES DURING THE GRECO-PERSIAN WARS. IT WAS SHOWN AT THE SALON IN 1887. THE PAINTING WAS HOUSED IN THE MUSEE D'ORSAY, PARIS. THE PHOTOGRAVURE WAS CREATED SHORTLY AFTER IN 1889. THE DIMENSIONS ARE 11 3/4" X 17" I FOUND THIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE IN AN OLD ATTIC IN THE LATE 1970S. THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN THE 1700S IN CONNECTICUT. THIS WAS IN A SECTION OF THE ATTIC THAT HADN'T BEEN EXPLORED IN YEARS. CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR ITS AGE. THERE ARE IMPERFECTIONS LIKE SPOTTING AND SLIGHT DISCOLORATION ON THE RIGHT-SIDE BORDER AND MID-RIGHT LOWER BORDER. THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAVURE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS WOULD LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WHEN FRAMED.
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