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Giorgio SommerBorromeo Palace on Isola Bellac. 1880
c. 1880
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Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples): View of the magnificent Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard
Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "7078. Lago Maggiore. Isola Bella G. Sommer - Napoli".
Date: c. 1880
Description: Historical impression from Italy. The photograph shows the tiered garden terrace of the Renaissance palace Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella. Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early testimony of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from middle-class circles travelled to Italy. At that time, photographs could only be taken with a great deal of time and expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site to bring back a souvenir from afar for those who stayed at home or to collect as souvenirs. Famous photographers such as Carlo Naya, Giorgio Sommer or the Alinari brothers photographed the most famous sights of their home cities and went on journeys themselves to photograph the most popular destinations of their clients and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on tracings or engravings if they could not view the original for themselves.
Keywords: Italy view; documentary photography; architectural photography; travel photography; Lake Maggiore; Isola Bella; island; palace; Borromero family, 19th century, Baroque, Landscape, Italy, Isola Bella (Lake Maggiore),
- Creator:Giorgio Sommer (1834 - 1914, Italian)
- Creation Year:c. 1880
- Dimensions:Height: 7.8 in (19.8 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)
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- Condition:Good condition. Along the edges with pale light margins and wipe marks in places. In places the surface shows fine traces of rubbing and faint soiling. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped and creased. The paper is slightly deformed.
- Gallery Location:Frankfurt am Main, DE
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