Vyer från Italien av Sommer

ITALY. PALERMO - ROME - MILANO - FLORENCE. SOMMER, GIORGIO. (18). 9 albumen print photographs, mounted on 6 sheets (partly on both sides) of paper or thicker board. 12 albumen print photographs, mounted on both sides of paper or thicker board. About 205x255 mms. Late 1870s - 1880s. Mostly buildings, views.7 from Palermo, 4 from Rome (one with skeletons), 4 from Milan, 2 from Florence, and two others. Giorgio Sommer (1834-1914) was born in Frankfurt am Main (in modern day Germany), and became one of Europe's most important and prolific photographers of the 19th century. Active from 1857 to 1888, he produced thousands of images of archeological ruins, landscapes, art objects and portraits.