Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Casts, Pompeii)
c. 1870
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 19.7 × 25 cm (7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 25 cm (8 × 9 13/16 in.) mount: 28.4 × 35.5 cm (11 3/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.127
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...