Pompeii: Panoramic View, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Pompeii: Panoramic View

Photographer

• Giorgio Sommer

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

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten links auf der Fotografie: No. 1200. Panorama di Pompei
Bezeichnet recto unten rechts auf dem Trägerkarton: Blindstempel: GIORGIO SOMMER; STUDIO MONTE DI DIO 4.; MAGAZZINO S. CATERINA 5.; NAPOLI

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
• landscape

Main Motif

• Italy
• Pompeii
• Region 6 (Pompeii)
• Region 7 (Pompeii)
• Region 8 (Pompeii)
• Via del Foro (Pompeii)
• Via di Mercurio (Pompeji)
• Arco di Nerone (Pompeii)
• Arco di Caligola (Pompeji)
• Casa della Fontana Grande (Pompeji)
• Casa dei Dioscuri (Pompeji)
• Foro di Pompei (Pompeii)
• Tempio di Giove (Pompeii)
• Macellum of Pompeii
• Santuario dei Lari Pubblici (Pompeii)
• Tempio di Vespasiano (Pompeii)
• Edificio di Eumachia (Pompeii)
• Terme del Foro (Pompeji)
• building
• ruin
• mountain range
• man

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Dioscuri
• Castor
• Pollux
• Vespasian (Roman emperor)

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 25H landscapes
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(POMPEI) names of cities and villages (POMPEI)
• 61F(REGIO 6 (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (REGIO 6 (Pompei))
• 61F(REGIO 7 (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (REGIO 7 (Pompei))
• 61F(REGIO 8 (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (REGIO 8 (Pompei))
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 25H11 mountains
• 31D14 adult man

Secondary

• 61F(VIA DEL FORO (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VIA DEL FORO (Pompei))
• 61F(ARCO DI NERONE (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (ARCO DI NERONE (Pompei))
• 61F(FORO DI POMPEI (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (FORO DI POMPEI (Pompei))
• 61F(TEMPIO DI GIOVE (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TEMPIO DI GIOVE (Pompei))
• 61F(MACELLUM (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (MACELLUM (Pompei))
• 61F(SANTUARIO DEI LARI PUBBLICI (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SANTUARIO DEI LARI PUBBLICI (Pompei))
• 61F(TEMPIO DI VESPASIANO (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TEMPIO DI VESPASIANO (Pompei))
• 61F(EDIFICIO DI EUMACHIA (Pompei)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (EDIFICIO DI EUMACHIA (Pompei))
• 25I141 street
• 41A542 gate, entrance
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 25I144 square, place, circus, etc.