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Gloeden, Wilhelm von
(1856-1931)Arcadian scene with a group of nude youths on terrace overlooking the sea

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Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Arcadian scene with a group of nude youths on terrace overlooking the sea, Taormina. Circa 1890. Vintage albumen print. 16,5 x 23 cm. Mounted to board, annotated in pencil below image on mount.

Wilhelm von Gloeden is best known for his idealized photographs of nude Sicilian youths, staged in classical poses and settings around Taormina. Drawing on Greco-Roman aesthetics and pastoral themes, his work blends homoeroticism, ethnographic curiosity, and pictorial elegance, contributing to early discourses on photography as both fine art and social document. This image exemplifies his vision of an Arcadian Mediterranean idyll, rendered in soft tonality and harmonious composition. – A few light surface scratches, otherwise a fine print in very good condition.