Naples: View from Molo, ca. 1857 – 1865

Title

Naples: View from Molo

Photographer

• Giorgio Sommer attributed

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography
• travel 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 links auf der Fotografie: Druckschriftzeile: No. 1142. Napoli dal Molo.

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Neapel, vom Molo gesehen.

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient holdings. Acquired in the 19th century

Genre

• city view
• harbour picture

Main Motif

• Italy
• Naples
• Gulf of Naples
• Castel Nuovo (Naples)
• Palazzo Municipale (Neapel)
• San Giorgio dei Genovesi (Neapel)
• Chiesa della Pietà dei Turchini (Neapel)
• Concezione a Monte Calvario (Neapel)
• Castel Sant'Elmo (Neapel)
• Certosa di San Martino (Neapel)
• Porto di Napoli (Neapel)
• Klosteranlage des Klosters Santissima Trinità delle Monache Neapel (Neapel)
• Neapel-Vomero
• Tyrrhenian Sea
• building
• boat
• mountain
• harbour

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Stefano Gasse
• Bartolomeo Picchiatti
• George (saint)
• Mary
• Domenico Antonio Vaccaro
• Lucia of Syracuse
• Charles I of Anjou (King of Sicily)
• Pedro de Toledo

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 46C223 harbour
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(NAPOLI) names of cities and villages (NAPOLI)
• 25H2323(GOLFO DI NAPOLI) gulf, bay (GOLFO DI NAPOLI)
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 25H113 (high) hill

Secondary

• 11Q711 building of church