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Petrified body, victim of the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD in Pompeii.
Vintage albumen print attributed to Giorgio SOMMER (circa 1870)
- Photo format 19 x 24.5 cm
- Under a 40x50cm passe-partout
Giorgio Sommer (1834-1914) was an Italian photographer of German origin.
A great traveler, he took numerous photographs for albums, catalogs, and postcards. He worked in Rome and then opened studios in Naples. He photographed Pompeii, as well as the streets and architecture of Naples and scenes of daily life (often recreated in the studio). In partnership with the German photographer Edmund Behles, they became the most prolific photographers of the period.
Sommer was appointed official photographer to King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy.
Giorgio SOMMER att. to (1834-1914) Petrified body in Pompeii, circa 1870
Petrified body, victim of the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD in Pompeii.
Vintage albumen print attributed to Giorgio SOMMER (circa 1870)
- Photo format 19 x 24.5 cm
- Under a 40x50cm passe-partout
Giorgio Sommer (1834-1914) was an Italian photographer of German origin.
A great traveler, he took numerous photographs for albums, catalogs, and postcards. He worked in Rome and then opened studios in Naples. He photographed Pompeii, as well as the streets and architecture of Naples and scenes of daily life (often recreated in the studio). In partnership with the German photographer Edmund Behles, they became the most prolific photographers of the period.
Sommer was appointed official photographer to King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy.