Gezicht op het Palazzo Pesaro te Venetië
Giorgio Sommer
1857 - 1914
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
321; 479
About this artwork
collector's mark: ‘RIJKS SCHOOL VOOR KUNSTNIJVERHEID/ GROEP’
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...