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Sepia photograph of ruined stone walls with niches and pilasters at Baalbeck, with scattered rubble and grass in the foreground.

Baalbeck, Interior of the Enclosure of the Temples of the Sun and Jupiter, Syria

A salted paper print showing the ruined stone enclosure at Baalbeck, with a carved niched facade, pilasters, and broken architectural blocks rising above a grassy foreground. Pale sky and weathered masonry create a soft, even tonal range.

Artist
Maxime Du Camp
Date
1849/51, printed 1852
Medium
Salted paper print, plate 119 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1297 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1852).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund

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