| Title: | Olindo Mario Ricci mural |
| Description: | Caption: "Unveiled at Brooklyn College Library today was this mural, the work of Olindo Mario Ricci, a member of the college's art department. The panel represents a corner of the Alexandrian Library at the height of its cultural splendor. Euclid appears in the foreground, compass in hand, and surrounded by students. Young Archimedes is behind them at study. Ptolemy Philadelphus, patron of the library, enters at right, accompanied by a scribe bearing papyri. Suspended from the ceiling is a model of an Egyptian galley." |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
On verso: date inscribed: March 16/39. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [3]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn College. [4] Mural painting and decoration, American [5] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | SCHL 0085 |