Palermo: Young man in Arab costume in the cloister of Monreale, 1890 (print 1925)

Title

Palermo: Young man in Arab costume in the cloister of Monreale

Photographer

• Wilhelm von Gloeden

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• art photography (modern)

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Silver Gelatin Print

Material

• gelatin emulsion
• silver particles
• paper

Technique

• silver gelatin print

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
• personal depiction

Main Motif

• building
• man
• animal
• well
• column
• Italy
• Monreale
• Sicily

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 11Q711 building of church
• 11P31514 cloisters ~ monastery
• 31D14 adult man
• 41A3911 well
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61D(SICILIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (SICILIA) (SICILIA)
• 61E(MONREALE) names of cities and villages (MONREALE)

Secondary

• 31A235 sitting figure
• 25F animals
• 48C16 architectural detail
• 48C162 arch, archivolt ~ architecture
• 48A98 ornaments ~ art
• 48A981 ornament ~ geometric motifs
• 48A983 ornament derived from plant forms
• 48A984 ornament derived from animal forms