967 - Unknown (19th), Lake Maggiore, Isola Madre with the Palazzo, around 1880, albumen paper print

Unknown (19th), Lake Maggiore, Isola Madre with the Palazzo, around 1880, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): Italien: 'Lago Maggiore: Die Isola Madre mit antikem Palazzo', c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: Labelled and numbered at the bottom of the photograph "1964 Lago Maggiore. Pallauzo e Isola Madre". Photograph of the island known worldwide for its exquisite botanical collections. The interiors of the ancient palazzo contain precious furnishings from the Borromeo family. Date: c. 1880 Description: "The Isola Madre. It is the most sensual place in the world I have ever visited." (G. Flaubert, 1845) Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early testimony to travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled to Italy. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. Famous photographers such as Carlo Naya, Giorgio Sommer and the Alinari brothers photographed the most famous sights in their home cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 19th century, Historicism, Landscape, Italy, Size: Cardboard: 20,0 cm x 25,2 cm (7,9 x 9,9 in) Condition: Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. The photograph is discoloured along the edges; foxing in places in the area of the sky; there are occasional fine creases on the fine albumen paper; the backing is slightly wavy due to mounting.