980 - Unknown (19th), Görlitz Town Hall, around 1890, albumen paper print

Unknown (19th), Görlitz Town Hall, around 1890, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): Staircase to the Annunciation Pulpit Görlitz Town Hall, c. 1890, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: Inscribed on the support: "Görlitz 1537". Date: c. 1890 Description: Historical photograph of the magnificent pulpit of the Annunciation at Görlitz Town Hall. It is considered an important work of the early German Renaissance. 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 around Europe. 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. The photographers photographed the most famous sights of their home towns 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: Görlitz Justizia; Early Renaissance; Carvings, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Germany, Size: Cardboard: 24,5 cm x 18,5 cm (9,6 x 7,3 in) Condition: Good condition. Light damage along the edges. The paper shows numerous fine creases and creases.