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Giorgio Sommer

1868 - 1890

58 by Giorgio Sommer

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

243; 184

About this artwork

number: ‘No. 1238.’

About the Artist

Giorgio Sommer

Giorgio Sommer, born Georg Sommer on September 2, 1834, in Frankfurt am Main within the German Confederation, emerged as one of 19th-century Europe's most prolific photographers. After studying business in his hometown, where his family fortune was reportedly lost to his father's gambling, Sommer apprenticed as a photographer before launching his professional career in Switzerland, producing relie...

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