In the Charterhouse of Pavia: view of a tomb in the church, ca. 1865 – 1870

Title

In the Charterhouse of Pavia: view of a tomb in the church

Photographer

• Unknown

Production Place

• Italy

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Stempel: CARTUSIA; PAPIENSIS

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture

Main Motif

• interior space
• man
• woman
• child
• group of people
• Mary
• Christ Child
• angel
• Certosa di Pavia
• Pavia
• Victoria
• Caritas
• Fortitudo
• Prudence
• Justitia
• Temperantia
• Spes
• Fides
• Gian Galeazzo Visconti
• Tomb of Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Giangaleazzo Visconti
• Pheme
• Victoria
• Caritas
• Fortitudo
• Prudentia
• Justitia
• Temperance
• Spes
• Fides

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Gian Cristoforo Romano
• Benedetto Briosco

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 48C16 architectural detail
• 11Q713 interior of church
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D12 youth, adolescent
• 11F4 Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 11G angels
• 61F(CERTOSA DI PAVIA) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (CERTOSA DI PAVIA)
• 61E(PAVIA) names of cities and villages (PAVIA)
• 96A5(VICTORIA) Victoria as Roman personification
• 11MM33 Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carità' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues - MM - Virtues triumphant
• 11M43 Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• 11M41 Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• 11M44 Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• 11M42 Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• 96A5(SPES) Spes as Roman personification
• 96A5(FIDES) Fides (faith) as Roman personification
• 61B2(VISCONTI, Gian Galeazzo)1 historical person (VISCONTI, Gian Galeazzo) - historical person(VISCONTI, Gian Galeazzo) portrayed
• 42E31 grave, tomb

Secondary

• 48C162 arch, archivolt ~ architecture
• 41A33 window
• 48A98 ornaments ~ art
• 25I152 monument, statue