Bridge and Castle of Sant’Angelo

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Bridge and Castle of Sant’Angelo

Artist Giacomo Brogi (Italian, 1822-1881)

Dateabout 1870

DimensionsImage: 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)

MediumGold-toned albumen print from a wet collodian negative

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor

Object number

1992.50

Not on View

Label TextGiacomo 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.Published ReferencesWaltham , Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Majestic Inspirations, Incomparable Souvenirs , 1977.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The Italian View, May 21 - Sept 24, 1978 (no cat.) Toledo Museum of Art, Refraction/Reflection, April 20-September 2, 2012.