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BIERSTADT, Albert: Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius

🖼 Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius, 1858
San Francisco, United States

Sunlit ruins and bustling marketplace converge beneath the Arch of Octavius, rendered in luminous detail with figures navigating ancient streets. Bierstadt captures 19th-century romantic fascination with classical antiquity, blending archaeological interest with picturesque tourism and idealized Mediterranean light.

Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt
Peter H. Hassrick
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