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Fratelli AlinariCoast on the Gulf of Naplesc. 1880
c. 1880
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Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Panoramic view with pine tree from Villa Patrizi on the coast of Naples, the sea and Visuv in the distance, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique: albumen paper print
Inscription: Lower middle signed in the printing plate: "(Ed .ne Alinari)". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "Napoli - Panorama della Citta visto dalla Villa Patrizi.". Lower middle numbered in the printing plate: "P.e I.a N.o 11312.".
Date: c. 1880
Description: The panorama of Naples with the pine tree in the foreground and Mount Vesuvius in the background is one of the classic views of the Gulf of Naples. The photograph here takes up the familiar bird's-eye view already found in engravings, drawings and paintings of this kind. The photograph is divided into three parts: The front area with bushes and pines marks the location of the photographer, who looks down on the town and coast below from an elevated vantage point, the middle ground of the picture. The background is formed by Vesuvius stretching to the right, its peak seemingly shrouded in clouds or even smoke. The pine tree, better known as "Il Pino di Napoli", on the top of the hill of Posillipo is depicted in numerous paintings and photographs. The tree has become the symbol of Naples and shapes the representation of the characteristic panorama of Naples. Whether classically in the centre of the picture or moved to the edge, the famous pine tree adorns entire series of painted landscapes and photographic images. Giorgio Sommer, for example, photographed it several times, and Giacomo Brogi and others also took up the same view again and again. With the introduction of the postcard, this characteristic motif became very popular with tourists and the most frequently purchased image of the view of Naples. 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. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest photographic company still in existence in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce had succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs in the daguerreotype era and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he set up a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photo archives in the world, which still exists today.
Keywords: Italy view, documentary photography, travel photography, pine, Mediterranean, Italian landscape, Naples, coast, Campania, Southern Italy, Il Pino di Napoli, Posilipo, 19th century, Historicism, Nature, Italy,
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- Creation Year:c. 1880
- Dimensions:Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 10.16 in (25.8 cm)
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- Condition:Good condition. Slightly discoloured due to age. Corners of leaves are bent due to mounting. Along the edges with discolourations and isolated stains. Left and right sheet margin slightly faded.
- Gallery Location:Frankfurt am Main, DE
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