917 - V. FLORIANELLO (19th), Piazza Dante, Verona, around 1880, albumen paper print

V. FLORIANELLO (19th), Piazza Dante, Verona, around 1880, albumen paper print V. Florianello (19th century): Piazza Dante in Verona, Piazza dei Signori with monument to Dante Alighieri, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print 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 traveled 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 traveled themselves to photograph their customers' favorite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travelers. 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: Travel photography; Souvenir; Views; View; Architectural photography; Italy; City view; Piazza; Dante Alighieri; Loggia del Consiglio; Palazzo del Podestà, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Italy, Size: Albumen paper: 20,3 cm x 25,9 cm (8 x 10,2 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Clear marks from an old mount in the corners. Light damage and brown stains in places along the edges. Damage and minor retouching of the photographic plate visible in places. The lower left corner of the plate is folded.