Sorrento: View of the City from the West, ca. 1880 – 1890

Title

Sorrento: View of the City from the West

Photographer

• Giorgio Sommer

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography
• landscape 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: 2122 Sorrento
Bezeichnet recto unten rechts auf der Fotografie: Druckschriftzeile: Sommer - Napoli

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten rechts teils auf der Fotografie, teils auf dem Trägerkarton: Stempel: STAEDELSCHES; KUNST-INSTITUT

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

• genre
• landscape

Main Motif

• Italy
• Naples
• Sorrent
• Piano di Sorrento
• Sant'Agnello
• Kloster San Francesco (Sorrent)
• Santa Maria delle Grazie (Sorrent)
• La Cocumella (Sant'Agnello)
• Santi Filippo e Giacomo (Sorrent)
• Santi Prisco ed Agnello (Sant'Angello)
• tree
• child
• coastal landscape
• mountain
• Gulf of Naples
• Campania

Primary

• 61D(ITALIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ITALIA) (ITALIA)
• 61E(NAPOLI) names of cities and villages (NAPOLI)
• 61E(PIANO DI SORRENTO) names of cities and villages (PIANO DI SORRENTO)
• 25H2323(GOLFO DI NAPOLI) gulf, bay (GOLFO DI NAPOLI)
• 11Q7121(TOWER) parts of church exterior and annexes: tower
• 25G3 trees
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D12 youth, adolescent

Secondary

• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 25H2322 sea
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat