FRATELLI ALINARI (19th), Macaroni factory, Neapel, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Maccheroni factory Insight into pasta production with drying pasta lines in the sun and workers, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "(Ed. ne Alinari)". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "Napoli - Fabbrica di maccheroni - L'asciugamento.". Lower middle numbered in the printing plate: "P.e 1.a N.o 195153.". Date: c. 1880 Description: Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early example of 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. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest surviving photographic company in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs during the daguerreotype period and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he founded a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photographic archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: Italy view, documentary photography, travel photography, pasta production, Italian pasta, noodles, spaghetti, maccheroni, Italian culture, Italian cuisine, Mediterranean, pasta factory, 19th century, Historicism, Professions, Italy, Size: Albumen paper: 19,8 cm x 25,6 cm (7,8 x 10,1 in)

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FRATELLI ALINARI (19th), Piazza Bocca della Verità, Rom, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Piazza Bocca della Verità with Temple of Hercules Victor with visitor looking at the Fontana del Tritone, Rome, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Stamp: Lower right Blank stamp, Fratelli Alinari. Florence. 19th century Inscription: At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "No 6712 Roma_Piazza Bocca della Verità. Tempio di Vesta". Date: c. 1880 Description: The picture shows part of the Forum Boarium in Rome. Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early example of 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. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest surviving photographic company in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs during the daguerreotype period and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he founded a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photographic archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: Italy view, documentary photography, architectural photography, travel photography, temple, Forum Boarium, fountain, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Cardboard: 18,8 cm x 24,3 cm (7,4 x 9,6 in)

Lot 410

Starting price 400 EUR

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th), City view of Florence, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century): City view of Florence Panoramic view over the city, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Stamp: Lower right Blank stamp, Fratelli Alinari. Florence. 19th century Inscription: At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "No 1862 Firenze_Panorama della Città visto da S. Miniato al Monte". Date: c. 1880 Description: The photograph shows the view of Florence's medieval historic centre with the Duomo, Palazzo delle Signoria, Basilica of Santa Croce and the banks of the River Arno. Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early example of 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. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest surviving photographic company in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs during the daguerreotype period and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he founded a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photographic archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: Italy view, documentary photography, architectural photography, travel photography, city view, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Italy, Size: Cardboard: 18,4 cm x 24,4 cm (7,2 x 9,6 in)

Lot 419

Starting price 480 EUR

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th), Macaroni vendors, Neapel, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Pasta sellers with stalls on the street proudly presenting their pasta, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print Inscription: Lower middle signed in the printing plate: "(Ed.ne Alinari)". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "Napoli - Venditori di Maccheroni.". Lower middle numbered in the printing plate: "P.e I.a N.o 11437". Date: c. 1880 Description: Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early example of 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 of 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. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest surviving photographic company in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs during the daguerreotype period and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he founded a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photographic archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: Italy view, documentary photography, travel photography, pasta, Italian cuisine, dolce vita, Mediterranean, pleasure, pasta seller, pasta festival, pasta, culinary delights, 19th century, Historicism, Genre, Italy, Size: Albumen paper: 19,7 cm x 25,5 cm (7,8 x 10 in)

Lot 422

Starting price 180 EUR

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Campo Santo von Neapel, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: The Campo Santo of Naples, Cemetery, Italy, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: With monk in dark cloak standing in front of the walls of the tombs. Inscribed in the centre at the bottom of the box. Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early testimony of 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 with a great deal of time and expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site to bring back a souvenir from afar for those who stayed at home or to collect as souvenirs. Famous photographers such as Carlo Naya, Giorgio Sommer or the Alinari brothers photographed the most famous sights of their home towns and went on journeys themselves to photograph the most popular destinations of their clients 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 art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on tracings or engravings if they could not view the original for themselves. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest photographic company still in existence in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs in the daguerreotype era and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he set up a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photo archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Italy, Size: Cardboard: 31,0 cm x 36,5 cm (12,2 x 14,4 in), Depiction: 19,7 cm x 25,0 cm (7,8 x 9,8 in)

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