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D-850: Persepolis. Isometric plan of section of Apadāna, numbered 5

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
D-850 FSA A.06 05.0850
General
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
Ernst Herzfeld first visited Persepolis in November 1905 during his expedition return from the Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) excavation. During the two last months of 1923 as well as early March 1924, He spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, drafting a plan and providing a photographic record of the whole structure. In 1928, the architect Friedrich Krefter joined Herzfeld in Persia, in an expedition funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, to complete various measured plans and drawings in Persepolis. Excavations were begun on March 1, 1931, now under the auspices of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Ernst Herzfeld left Persepolis permanently in Spring 1934.
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Place
Asia
Iran
Persepolis (Iran)
Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Apadana
Topic
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Excavations (Archaeology)
Architectural drawing
Architecture
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
See more items in
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps
Extent
1 Drawings (visual works) (54.3 cm. x 101.5 cm.)
Date
1905-1934
Container
Item D-850
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.0850
Type
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Collection Citation
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Arrangement
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form
Drawings
Scope and Contents
- Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: SK-22, p.1, 2, 3.
Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Apadana: Isometric Plan Showing East Ceremonial Staircase and Column Bases [drawing]
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562714161089-1562714163078-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc36196be7e-ca6b-4d46-98e5-96d7cc49ff2d

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