Impronte, Pompei (Cast, Pompeii)
c. 1870
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 19.3 × 24.9 cm (7 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 19.9 × 24.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.) mount: 28.5 × 34.6 cm (11 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.126
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giorgio Sommer · 1834–1914
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...