Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden
Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931) - Caino, 1898
Photogravure
cm 36,8 x 26,8 (cm 31,5 x 23,8 picture) | 14.5 x 10.6 in. (12.4 x 9.4 in. picture)
Signed in pencil with title printed on the white inferior recto margin
The eccentric German baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, who had moved to Taormina, reveals in his photographs not only the taste for classicism but also a refined culture. His famous 'Caino' is, in fact, a homage to Hyppolite Flandrin's painting made in 1836 and exhibited in the Louvre.
