Carlo Naya
Rialto Bridge, Venice
c. 1880

Name: Rialto Bridge, Venice
Brand: Carlo Naya
Price: 826.76 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Carlo Naya (1816 Tronzano Vercellese - 1882 Venice) Circle: View across the Grand Canal to the Rialto Bridge, Venice, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: Lower middle inscribed on the support: "- Venise - Pont du Rialto -". Date: c. 1880 Description: 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, Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge, world heritage, arch bridge, renaissance building, gondoliers, Ponte di Rialto, 19th century, Historicism, Cities, Italy,

Creator:

Carlo Naya (1816 - 1882, Italian)

Creation Year:

c. 1880

Dimensions:

Height: 10.56 in (26.8 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)

Period:

19th Century

Condition:

Good condition. Slightly yellowed due to age. Occasional fine scratches on the surface. Along the upper margin of the photograph with small stains. Backing slightly stained. Paper wavy.

Gallery Location:

Frankfurt am Main, DE

Reference Number:

Seller: 483741stDibs: LU2599212839712

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