ITALIE - SICILE - GIORGIO SOMMER (1834-1914) - Lot 209

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ITALIE - SICILE - GIORGIO SOMMER (1834-1914) - Lot 209
ITALIE - SICILE - GIORGIO SOMMER (1834-1914) Rome: Pantheon, Capitol, Trajan's column, Camaldoli hermitage, antiquities (Laocoon, Apollo of Belvedere, Apoxyomene, Juno Ludovisi, Antinöus...), pyramid of Cestius, forum of the Peace, villa Medici, arch of Septimius Severus, tomb of Cæcilia Metella, baths of Caracalla, arch of Titus, temple of Antoninus and Faustina, fountain of Trevi, temple of Venus and Rome, church of San Salvadore in Lauro; Catania; Syracuse: amphitheater, tomb of Archimedes, baths of Diana, ; Palermo: museum, cathedral of Monreale; Sorrento; Naples: temple of Venus, Aci Castello, grottoes; Ravello: basilica; Capri: hotel Pagano, convent of the Capuchins; Messina; Taormina; Florence: palace of the Podestà. Photographs. 54 albumen prints mounted on cardboard, some with dry stamp of the photographer on the image. One albumen print by Enrico Verzaschi: Pietà by Michelangelo.17.5 x 24 cm to 19.5 x 25 cm; mounted: 28 x 41 cm to 47.5 x 32 cm.In 1857, Giorgio Sommer opened a studio in Naples and then joined forces with Edmondo Behles, another German photographer, between 1860 and 1872. Sommer specialized in vedute, genre scenes, portraits and reproductions of works of art such as the Greek and Roman statuary in the Museums of Rome and Naples.
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