Florence_ Cathedral with Bell Tower by Fratelli Alinari

Florence_ Cathedral with Bell Tower c. 1860 - 1870

cardboard, albumen-print, paper, architecture

cardboard

albumen-print

photo of handprinted image

light colour palette

16_19th-century

pastel soft colours

muted colour palette

photo restoration

light coloured

white palette

feminine colour palette

paper

historical fashion

italy

soft colour palette

architecture

building

"Florence_ Cathedral with Bell Tower" is a photograph taken by Fratelli Alinari, a prominent Italian photography studio, between 1860 and 1870. The image features a woman standing in an interior setting, likely a studio, with a backdrop suggestive of a domestic interior. The photograph is characterized by its classic style and the use of a shallow depth of field, highlighting the subject while blurring the background. The photograph is currently housed in the Städel Museum, showcasing the studio's work in capturing the people and spaces of 19th-century Italy.

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Along with Venice, Rome, and Naples, Florence also made a name for itself as an important centre for photographyin Italy. It was there that Leopoldo Alinari, who had trained as an engraver, set up his own business in 1852. Two years later his brothers Romualdo and Giuseppe founded a photo studio. In addition to portraits, the Alinari offered views of the city’s famous monuments which they sold primarily to tourists. In 1859, they came to international fame with reproductions of drawings by Raphael in photographs of “high artistic value”, as the Photographisches Journal reported. From that time forward, photographic reproductions of artworks, for example from the Uffizi, were a permanent feature of the family company’s product range. Still in existence today, the Alinari Archive is a unique document of Italian art and architecture.