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Le Capitole, Le palais des Senateurs, Palais des Conservateurs
| Reference: | S30360.10 |
| Author | Giovanni Battista MAGGI |
| Year: | 1875 ca. |
| Zone: | Campidoglio |
| Measures: | 380 x 300 mm |
€150.00
- New
| Reference: | S30360.10 |
| Author | Giovanni Battista MAGGI |
| Year: | 1875 ca. |
| Zone: | Campidoglio |
| Measures: | 380 x 300 mm |
€150.00
Description
Albumen on paper, mounted on a contemporary support, circa 1875/80.
The photograph shows the steps of the Cordonata Capitolina ascending towards the square, flanked by the statues of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) and dominated in the center by the Palazzo Senatorio. A small cannon or military cart can also be seen on the right side of the lower square. At the bottom is the stamp of Giovanni Battista Maggi.
Maggi was an important Italian photographer, publisher, and geographer active in the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his valuable urban documentation work and for promoting photography at the dawn of its spread in Italy. He was active from 1850 to 1885 in Turin at Via Po 2. After 1870, he opened a branch in Rome at Via del Corso 328/29, and in 1884 he exhibited architectural photographs at the Turin General Exhibition. He was Her Majesty's print supplier; better known for his activities as a publisher and bookseller, he is nevertheless remembered among those who, from the very beginning, were interested in photography and promoted its diffusion. This interest, for example, includes the exhibition of Guido Gonin's photographs that he organized in the window of his shop, reported in the “Gazzetta Piemontese” of January 19, 1853. As a publisher, he published a vast series of images of Turin's monuments and squares in carte de visite format, while as a bookseller he represented the photographs of Brogi, Luigi Crette, and Charles Marville and imported three French photographic series with romantic scenes that were sold, framed by passepartouts, under his own brand.
Giovanni Battista MAGGI (attivo 1850 -1885)
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Giovanni Battista Maggi was an important Italian photographer, publisher, and geographer active in the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his valuable urban documentation work and for promoting photography at the dawn of its spread in Italy. He was active from 1850 to 1885 in Turin at Via Po 2. After 1870, he opened a branch in Rome at Via del Corso 328/29, and in 1884 he exhibited architectural photographs at the Turin General Exhibition. He was Her Majesty's print supplier; better known for his activities as a publisher and bookseller, he is nevertheless remembered among those who, from the very beginning, were interested in photography and promoted its diffusion. This interest, for example, includes the exhibition of Guido Gonin's photographs that he organized in the window of his shop, reported in the “Gazzetta Piemontese” of January 19, 1853. As a publisher, he published a vast series of images of Turin's monuments and squares in carte de visite format, while as a bookseller he represented the photographs of Brogi, Luigi Crette, and Charles Marville and imported three French photographic series with romantic scenes that were sold, framed by passepartouts, under his own brand.
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Giovanni Battista MAGGI (attivo 1850 -1885)
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Giovanni Battista Maggi was an important Italian photographer, publisher, and geographer active in the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his valuable urban documentation work and for promoting photography at the dawn of its spread in Italy. He was active from 1850 to 1885 in Turin at Via Po 2. After 1870, he opened a branch in Rome at Via del Corso 328/29, and in 1884 he exhibited architectural photographs at the Turin General Exhibition. He was Her Majesty's print supplier; better known for his activities as a publisher and bookseller, he is nevertheless remembered among those who, from the very beginning, were interested in photography and promoted its diffusion. This interest, for example, includes the exhibition of Guido Gonin's photographs that he organized in the window of his shop, reported in the “Gazzetta Piemontese” of January 19, 1853. As a publisher, he published a vast series of images of Turin's monuments and squares in carte de visite format, while as a bookseller he represented the photographs of Brogi, Luigi Crette, and Charles Marville and imported three French photographic series with romantic scenes that were sold, framed by passepartouts, under his own brand.
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