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Giorgio SommerSerapis-Tempel, Pozzuolic. 1880
c. 1880
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Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples): "Italien: Tempel der Serapis in Pozzuoli", Neapel, Macellum of Pozzuoli, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard
Inscription: At the lower part inscribed on the support: "Italien: Tempel der Serapis in Pozzuoli".
Date: c. 1880
Description: Very beautiful photograph of Italy from the royal studio of Giorgio Sommer, the "Fotografo di Sua Maestà il Re d'Italia". Born Georg Sommer in Frankfurt am Main on 2 September 1834, he learned professional photography, with which he was then to succeed in southern Italy as the court photographer of the Bourbons, Vittorio Emanuele II. Original photography 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 towns 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, travel photography, architectural photography, documentary photography, Temple of Serapis, antiquity, world heritage, ruin, column, temple, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Italy,
- Creator:Giorgio Sommer (1834 - 1914, Italian)
- Creation Year:c. 1880
- Dimensions:Height: 12.21 in (31 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)
- Period:
- Condition:Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. In the centre of the left margin with a trace of glue; minimal crease at the upper edge; the cardboard is slightly wavy.
- Gallery Location:Frankfurt am Main, DE
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