ASP146-4

Pair of German photogravures, 4"h x 6"w (10.2 x 15.2 cm), each one mounted to a period beige stiff card mount measuring 9"h x 11"w. The first image is an exterior view of the Römer complex of buildings on the Römerberg in Frankfurt, the second image is an interior view of the Kaisersaal, known for it's collection of 19th century portraits of all the emperors. Note the large marble statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I standing at the far end of the hall. Photos numbered and titled in the negative, but photographer unknown. Circa 1900. In fine, clean condition. $50.00, the pair.

ASP144-4

Lovely albumen photograph, 5"h x 3 3/4" w (12.7 x 9.5 cm), of Antonio Canova's statue of Hebe, goddess of youth in Greek mythology and cupbearer for the gods. This particular example (Canova created four sculptures of this subject) stands in the National Gallery, Berlin. Faint oval blind stamp of "Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin" in lower right corner. Photo circa 1875. Mounted to a period grey stiff card mount measuring 12"h x 9"w. In absolutely fine, clean and unmarked condition. $35.00

ASP125-4

Albumen photograph, 9 3/4"h x 7 3/4"w (25 x 20 cm), of the statue known as the "Apoxyomenos" or "The Scraper", showing an athlete in the act of scraping dust and perspiration form his body with a small, curved tool that the Romans called a "strigil". Based on the bronze original, this Greek marble copy was discovered during excavations in the Trastevere district of Rome in 1849, and now resides in the Museo Pio-Clementino at the Vatican. Photo attributed to Fratelli Alinari, circa 1875. Mounted to a period beige stiff card mount (15 1/2" x 14") that has an ex-label from an art museum reference library on verso. Some general wear to mount. Photo clean and unmarked with good toning. $75.00

ASP126-4

Albumen photograph, 9 3/4"h x 7 3/4"w (25 x 20 cm), of the marble sculpture called "The Resting Satyr" or "The Leaning Satyr" and generally attributed to Greek sculptor Praxiteles. It now resides in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Photo attributed to Fratelli Alinari, circa 1875. Mounted to a period beige stiff card mount (15 1/2" x 14") that has an ex-label from an art museum reference library on verso. Some general wear to mount. Photo clean and unmarked with good toning. $75.00

ASP127-4

Albumen photograph, 9 1/2"h x 7 3/4"w (24 x 20 cm), of a Roman marble statue of Meleager. Venerated in Greek mythology as a hero, he's depicted wearing a "chlamys" (cloak) and posed with the head of the Calydonian boar. In the Museo Pio-Clementino at the Vatican. Photo attributed to Fratelli Alinari, circa 1875. Mounted to a period beige stiff card mount (15 1/2" x 14") that has an ex-label from an art museum reference library on verso. Some general wear to mount. Photo clean and unmarked with good toning. $75.00

ASP128-4

Albumen photograph, 9 3/4"h x 7 1/4"w (25 x 18.4 cm), of a Roman marble bust of the young Emperor Augustus. In the early 1870's the firm of Fratelli Alinari in Florence began to photograph the art treasures of the Vatican and Capitoline museums in Rome, eventually amassing over the next twenty years a huge stock of images not only of Italian museums, but other European collections as well. This is an early one in their oeuvre and it is numbered in the negative, along with having the relatively scarce block-like "Alinari" blindstamp to the image. Mounted to a period beige stiff card mount (15 1/2" x 14") that has an ex-label from an art museum reference library on verso. Some general wear to mount with very light scattered surface wear to photo. Else, clean with excellent toning and depth. $95.00

ASP131-4

Albumen photograph, 10 1/2" h x 8 1/4" w (26.7 x 21 cm), of the satue known as the "Athena Varvakeion" in the National museum, Athens. This is a Roman marble copy from the 2nd century based on the (now lost) monumental statue of "Athena Parthenos" that stood in the Parthenon. Mounted to a period beige stiff card mount (17" h x 14 1/2" w) that has a short, contemporary pen description written on recto below image. Photograph in fine, clean condition with beautiful glossy, rich brown tones. Circa 1870. Photo marked in negative "129 bis", photographer unknown. $75.00

ASP133-4

Albumen photograph, 9 3/4 "h x 8" w (24.8 x 20.3 cm), of the "Vaso di Sivre" in the Biblioteca Vaticano. Given by Charles X of France as a gift to Pope Leo XII, whose short reigns coincided almost exactly by date. Photo by Fratelli d'Allessandri, numbered, titled and credited in the negative. Crca 1880. Mounted to a period burgundy stiff card mount measuring 15" h x 12" w. Photo in fine, clean condition with excellent clarity and rich sepia toning. $45.00

ASP134-4

Albumen photograph, 7 1/2"h x 9 1/2" w (19.1 x 24.1 cm), of a sculpture gallery in the Vatican Museum. From the Fratelli Alinari Studio, it's numbered and titled in the negative "Roma-Museo Vaticano. Galleria delle Statue con Arianna giacente". Note the elaborately carved base of the central statue, and the natural light coming from the windows on the right which suffuses the space with a lovely soft, grey light. Photo circa 1885. Mounted to a period burgundy stiff card mount measuring 12" h x 15" w. Some very light, scattered scratches to surface of image. Else in near fine and very clean condition with beautiful toning. $45.00

ASP132-4

Albumen photograph, 8"h x 10"w (20.3 x 25.4 cm), of the Arch of Titus in Rome. Erected in the first century by Roman Emperor Domitian to comemmorate the military victories of his recently deceased brother Titus, it has served as the model for a number of other arches built through the ages, most notably the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Photo by Fratelli d'Allessandri, numbered, titled and credited in the negative. Mounted to a period burgundy stiff card mount measuring 12" h x 15" w. Photo in fine, clean condition with beautiful grey-brown toning. $50.00