Artist Index: Konstantinou, Dimitrios

General view of the Acropolis and the South Slope from the southwest; The west side of the Parthenon. 1864/65. 1 salt print, 1 lightly albumenized salt print. Each circa 27 x 36,5 cm. Acropolis print signed by the photographer (Constantine) in the negative in lower left corner, each tipped in upper corners to paper (slightly soiled/worn), annotated in ink in lower right corner on mount.

The so-called "Fränkischer Turm" can be seen on the view of the Acropolis. The tower was torn down in 1875 with the financial support of Heinrich Schliemann. – Light fading in edges, some handling crease marks, a few light marks from glue in upper corners, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Dorothea Ritter. Im Lichte des Helios. Griechenland in frühen Photographien aus der Sammlung Siegert. Munich 1999, ill. p. 64 (variant) and p. 80 (variant).

View of the Acropolis seen from the King's Palace; Frontal view of the Erechtion. Circa 1861. 1 lightly albumenized salt print, 1 salt print. Each circa 26,5 x 36,5 cm. Each tipped in upper corners to paper (slightly soiled/worn), annotated in ink in lower right corner on mount.

Some light handling crease marks, a few light marks from glue in upper corners, otherwise strong prints in very good condition.

Lit.: Bodo von Dewitz (ed.). Das Land der Griechen mit der Seele suchen. Photographien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Cologne 1990, ill. p. 87.
Dorothea Ritter. Im Lichte des Helios. Griechenland in frühen Photographien aus der Sammlung Siegert. Munich 1999, ill. p. 17 (variant).

(Attributed to). View of the Acropolis seen from the King's Palace garden; View of the Temple of Hephaestus, former Theseus Temple. Circa 1861. 2 lightly albumenized salt prints. Each circa 26,5 x 36,5 cm. Each tipped in upper corners to paper (slightly soiled/worn), annotated in ink in lower right corner on mount.

One with light fading in edges, some light handling crease marks, a few light marks from glue in upper corners, one also with a few light spots in sky area, otherwise in very good condition.