Untitled
Wilhelm von Gloeden
c. 1890
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 22.2 × 16.6 cm (8 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100949
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Wilhelm von Gloeden · 1856–1931
**Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931)** was a German photographer best known for his evocative pastoral studies of Sicilian youths posed as figures from classical antiquity. Born Wilhelm Iwan Friederich August von Gloeden on September 16, 1856, in Wismar in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, he pursued artistic training that shaped his distinctive vision. He studied art history at the University...