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Sommer, Giorgio
(1834-1914)Street vendor with children

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Street vendor with children. 1880s. Hand-colored albumen print mounted to board. 25 x 20 cm (30 x 23,5 cm). Numbered and signed in negative on lower margin of print, annotated in pencil on board.

Giorgio Sommer is widely recognized for his comprehensive documentation of Italian landscapes, architecture, and street scenes, with a particular focus on Naples. His carefully staged genre scenes, often featuring peasants and street vendors, were highly popular with tourists and today serve as invaluable visual records of 19th-century Italian life. Sommer’s works are held in major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum. – Some light scuff marks, otherwise in near excellent condition.

Lit.: Marina Miraglia, Pino Piantanida, Ulrich Pohlmann and Dietmar Siegert. Giorgio Sommer in Italien: Fotografien 1857-1888. Heidelberg, 1992, compare Neapolitan Costume Scene - The Night, ill. p. 112.