Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Casts, Pompeii)
Giorgio Sommer
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
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...