Pompeii, Pompey’s Lane, Tomb Monument of Mamia
Medium
Salted paper print from a waxed paper negative
Dimensions
Mount: 13 13/16 in. × 19 3/16 in. (35.1 × 48.8 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 12 7/16 in. (22.7 × 31.6 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, 2013
Accession Number
2013.954
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sunlit ruins of ancient Pompeii through this captivating salted paper print from around 1853, titled *Pompeii, Pompey’s, Tomb Monument of Mam*. Captured by pioneering French photographers Firmin-Eugène Le and Gustave Le Gray, image frames the weathered tomb of Mamia—a poignant survivor of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Nestled along Pompey’s Lane, this architectural relic evokes the daily life and commemoration practices of Roman Pompeii, frozen in time amid the site's dramatic ruins. Le Gray, a master of early photography, employed a waxed paper negative ...
About the Artist
Firmin-Eugène Le Dien|Gustave Le Gray (French|French) · 1817 |1820 –1865 |1884
French, 1817–1865|French, 1820–1884