Fratelli Alinari

Sculpture fragments, Pompeii

c. 1880

Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Italy: "Amphitheatre in Rome", Colosseum, panorama of the interior, Roman antiquity, round theatre, arcades, c. 1880, albumen paper print Tec...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples) Circle: Sorrento da Capo di Monte, Naples Elevated view of the sea, bay and Sorrento from the rocky coast, c. 1880, albumen ...

V. Florianello (19th century): In front of the walls of the Arena in Verona With passers-by, guides and city dwellers, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print I...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples) Circle: Historic Italy, View of Milan, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: At the lower part inscribed on the support: "Italien: Ansicht von Mailand". 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...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Pompei View over the Forum Civile with male extra sitting between the remains of the wall, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper pri...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Blick vom Piazza del Plebiscito auf den Hügel Vomero mit dem Castel Sant' Elmo und der Certosa di San Martino, c. 1880, albumen paper print Techniqu...

Signed and inscribed Jamaica and dated 1973/2010 lower right. Lee Jaffe (born 1950 USA) is a successful American artist, filmmaker and musician. He lives and works in Los Angeles. I...

Signed and inscribed Jamaica and dated 1973/2010 lower right. Lee Jaffe (born 1950 USA) is a successful American artist, filmmaker and musician. He lives and works in Los Angeles. I...

at the Darulaman Palace, Kabul, August 2003 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 15 Certificate of Origin Signed and T...

Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012 A moment at a storied property where centuries of history pile on Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary ...

At Oak Spring Farm, Bunny Lambert Mellon's Gardens, Upperville, Virginia, 1 June 2010 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5" Ar...

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