Giorgio Sommer Art

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...

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 ...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples): Italien: 'Die Isola Bella im Lago Maggiore von der Gartenterrasse', c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper ...

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...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples): View of the magnificent Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen pa...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples): Italy, The Arena in Verona View from an elevated vantage point of the amphitheatre and the city, c. 1880, albumen paper pri...

Giorgio Sommer n° 6418, view of Posillipo, is an original albumen print applied on cardboard. Title, catalog number and photographer's name printed on the low edge of print. This b...