Bridge and Castle of Sant’Angelo
Artist: Giacomo Brogi (Italian, 1822-1881)
Date: about 1870
Dimensions:
Image: 11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (28.3 x 36.5 cm);
Mount: 11 7/16 x 14 7/8 in. (29.1 x 37.8 cm)
Medium: Gold-toned albumen print from a wet collodian negative
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of an anonymous donor
Object number: 1992.50
Label Text:Giacomo Brogi was a prolific Italian photographer with studios in Florence, Naples, and Rome. This photograph is an example of an Italian vedute (landscape view). The Bridge and Castle of Sant’Angelo in Rome leads the eye to distant St. Peter’s with repoussoir (foreground framing) figures and subtle alternating bands of light and shade.
Not on view
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