Rome: Trajan’s Column, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Rome: Trajan’s Column

Photographer

• Unknown, 19th century

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• architectural photography
• travel photography
• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

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

• architecture
• city view

Main Motif

• Rome
• Italy
• building
• Trajan's Column (Rome)
• Trajan's Forum (Rome)
• Santa Maria di Loreto (Rome)
• Palazzo Valentini (Rom)
• Peter (apostle)

Persons Shown

• Peter (apostle)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Trajan (Roman emperor)
• Francesco Peparelli
• Antonio da Sangallo
• Sixtus V

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(ROMA) names of cities and villages (ROMA)
• 11H(PETER) the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara

Secondary

• 25I154 triumphal column with helical friezes
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture