Pozzuoli: Temple of Serapis, ca. 1863 – 1873

Title

Pozzuoli: Temple of Serapis

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. 1174. Tempio di Serapide. Pozzuoli

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Pozzuoli. Tempel des Serapis.

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient holdings. Acquired in the 19th century

Genre

• architecture
• landscape

Main Motif

• Italy
• Campania
• Pozzuoli
• Serapeum Pozzuoli (Pozzuoli)
• Macellum of Pompeii
• column
• ruin
• man
• woman
• group of people

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Serapis

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(POZZUOLI) names of cities and villages (POZZUOLI)
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 31D15 adult woman

Secondary

• 31D14 adult man
• 41D211 dress, gown
• 25G3 trees
• 25G31 shrubs
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings