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Padova - Il Palazzo della Ragione
| Reference: | S30362.5 |
| Author | Fratelli ALINARI |
| Year: | 1880 ca. |
| Zone: | Padova |
| Measures: | 245 x 195 mm |
€150.00
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| Reference: | S30362.5 |
| Author | Fratelli ALINARI |
| Year: | 1880 ca. |
| Zone: | Padova |
| Measures: | 245 x 195 mm |
€150.00
Description
Albumen on paper, mounted on a contemporary support, circa 1880.
Nineteenth-century photograph of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, overlooking Piazza delle Erbe with its traditional market stalls. The square below is alive with the typical white awnings of the stalls of the Piazza delle Erbe fruit and vegetable market, which for centuries has enlivened the commercial center of this Venetian city.
Fratelli Alinari was the world's oldest company operating in the fields of photography, imaging, and communications, founded in Florence in 1852 by brothers Leopoldo, Giuseppe, and Romualdo Alinari. Leopoldo Alinari (1832-1865) began working for the copperplate printers Giuseppe and Luigi Bardi in Florence, and in 1854 he also created the company with his brothers Leopoldo, Romualdo (1830-1890), and Giuseppe (1836-1890), founding “Alinari Photographers Editeurs.” In 1863, the company moved to Via Nazionale. Initially, they focused on views of monuments and panoramas of Tuscan cities, later expanding to include Italian cities. The Alinari brothers also imposed a unified style on their photographers: the choice of lighting, shooting angle, and lens must provide the public with a quick and easy-to-understand reading experience. During the twentieth century, the images of the Alinari company constituted the largest source of illustrations (over 10%) for major Italian publishing houses. The archives preserve the company's heritage from the beginning of the history of photography (1839), with over 5.5 million original images.
Fratelli ALINARI (Firenze 1852 - )
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Fratelli Alinari was the world's oldest company operating in the fields of photography, imaging, and communications, founded in Florence in 1852 by brothers Leopoldo, Giuseppe, and Romualdo Alinari. Leopoldo Alinari (1832-1865) began working for the copperplate printers Giuseppe and Luigi Bardi in Florence, and in 1854 he also created the company with his brothers Leopoldo, Romualdo (1830-1890), and Giuseppe (1836-1890), founding “Alinari Photographers Editeurs.” In 1863, the company moved to Via Nazionale. Initially, they focused on views of monuments and panoramas of Tuscan cities, later expanding to include Italian cities. The Alinari brothers also imposed a unified style on their photographers: the choice of lighting, shooting angle, and lens must provide the public with a quick and easy-to-understand reading experience. After Leopoldo's death, management passed to his brothers and then to Leopoldo's son, Vittorio (1859-1932), who expanded the company and produced artistic editions. After his son's death in 1910, Vittorio scaled back the business and entrusted it to a company: Fratelli Alinari – Società Anonima IDEA: Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche. In 1934 he became the owner of the Giorgio Cini factory: from this moment on, new photographic collections were acquired and the collection became the most important in the world of plate negatives relating to the history and art of our country. During the twentieth century, the images of the Alinari company constituted the major source of illustrations (over 10%) for major Italian publishing. The company's heritage from the beginning of the history of photography (1839) has been preserved in the archives, with over 5.5 million original images. Under Claudio De Polo's new management starting in 1982, the Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography was founded in 1985. In 2019, the Tuscany Region became the owner of the Alinari heritage.
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Fratelli ALINARI (Firenze 1852 - )
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Fratelli Alinari was the world's oldest company operating in the fields of photography, imaging, and communications, founded in Florence in 1852 by brothers Leopoldo, Giuseppe, and Romualdo Alinari. Leopoldo Alinari (1832-1865) began working for the copperplate printers Giuseppe and Luigi Bardi in Florence, and in 1854 he also created the company with his brothers Leopoldo, Romualdo (1830-1890), and Giuseppe (1836-1890), founding “Alinari Photographers Editeurs.” In 1863, the company moved to Via Nazionale. Initially, they focused on views of monuments and panoramas of Tuscan cities, later expanding to include Italian cities. The Alinari brothers also imposed a unified style on their photographers: the choice of lighting, shooting angle, and lens must provide the public with a quick and easy-to-understand reading experience. After Leopoldo's death, management passed to his brothers and then to Leopoldo's son, Vittorio (1859-1932), who expanded the company and produced artistic editions. After his son's death in 1910, Vittorio scaled back the business and entrusted it to a company: Fratelli Alinari – Società Anonima IDEA: Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche. In 1934 he became the owner of the Giorgio Cini factory: from this moment on, new photographic collections were acquired and the collection became the most important in the world of plate negatives relating to the history and art of our country. During the twentieth century, the images of the Alinari company constituted the major source of illustrations (over 10%) for major Italian publishing. The company's heritage from the beginning of the history of photography (1839) has been preserved in the archives, with over 5.5 million original images. Under Claudio De Polo's new management starting in 1982, the Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography was founded in 1985. In 2019, the Tuscany Region became the owner of the Alinari heritage.
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