Milan Cathedral: Buttresses and Pinnacles, ca. 1870

Title

Milan Cathedral: Buttresses and Pinnacles

Photographer

• Pompeo Pozzi

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• documentary photography
• architectural photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

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

Technique

• albumen print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Blindstempel: FOTOGRAFIA ARTISTICA; P. POZZI; MILANO

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten links auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Parte superiore del Duomo di Milano

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

• city view
• architecture

Main Motif

• Santa Maria Nascente (Milan)
• Palazzo Reale (Milan)
• Palazzo Reale (Mailand) / San Gottardo
• Milan
• Italy
• Lombardy
• building
• pillar
• figure
• man

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Giovanni Antonio Amadeo
• Giangaleazzo Visconti
• Pellegrino Tibaldi
• Francesco Maria Richini
• Bernardo Zenale
• Giovannino de' Grassi
• Carlo Buzzi
• Mary
• Gotthard of Hildesheim (saint)
• Napoléon I (emperor of France)
• Visconti (family)
• Carlo Borromeo
• Francesco I Sforza (Duke of Milan)

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(MILANO) names of cities and villages (MILANO)
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 31A231 standing figure
• 31D14 adult man

Secondary

• 11Q711 building of church
• 48C168(PINNACLE) other architectural details (PINNACLE)