Paolo Salviati
Cavalli-Franchetti Palace, Venedig
c. 1880

Name: Cavalli-Franchetti Palace, Venedig
Brand: Paolo Salviati
Price: 666.75 USD
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About the Item

After Paolo Salviati (1818 - 1894 ): View over the Grand Canal with Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti on the left bank and gondolas on the water, Venice, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: At the lower part inscribed on the support: "-Venise- Le grand canal. Palais Franchette-". 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: Italien Ansicht, Dokumentarfotografie, Architekturfotografie, Reisefotografie, Weltkulturerbe, Canal Grande, Gondel, Gondolieri, Cavalli-Franchettipalast, Palazzo Franchetti, Neugotik, San Marco, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Santa Maria della Salute, 19th century, Historicism, Cities, Italy,

Creator:

Paolo Salviati (1818 - 1894, 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, especially around the margins. Backing slightly stained. Paper wavy.

Gallery Location:

Frankfurt am Main, DE