Caption

Fountain in the gardens of the French Academy at Villa Medici on Pincio Hill, Rome. View towards St. Peter's Basilica. Photographer: Giacomo Caneva 1813–1865. Subjects: architecture, fountains, city panorama, Villa Medici, Monte Pincio, Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica. Ca. 1852. Photography from nature; photographic print glued to cardboard. Print: 20.0 × 26.6 cm; cardboard: 24.6 × 34.5 cm., A sepia-toned scene shows a shaded park area with a group of large trees forming a canopy across the upper part of the image, their dark foliage contrasting with a pale sky. Under the trees, silhouettes of tree trunks and branches create dense shadowed shapes. In the middle ground there is a wide, shallow fountain basin with a rounded silhouette, and near it a person wearing a hat standing by the low stone balustrade, looking toward a distant cityscape that appears faint and light against the horizon. The foreground is an open, sunlit ground area in muted beige tones, and a lighter path or strip runs along the bottom edge. Overall the visible colors are sepia browns, dark brown to nearly black for shadows, and pale beige for the sky and distant background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_145

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78.2Mb (4.4Mb) / 20.0in x 15.2in / 6000 x 4554 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fountain gardens French Academy Villa Medici Pincio Hill Rome View towards St Peter's Basilica Photographer Giacomo Caneva 1813–1865 Subjects architecture fountains city panorama Monte Pincio Vatican St Ca 1852 Photography nature photographic print glued cardboard Print sepia-toned scene shaded park area group large trees forming canopy across upper part image dark foliage contrasting pale sky Under trees silhouettes tree trunks branches create dense shadowed shapes middle ground wide shallow fountain basin rounded silhouette near person wearing hat standing low stone balustrade looking distant cityscape faint light horizon foreground open sunlit ground area muted beige tones lighter path strip runs bottom edge visible colors sepia browns dark brown nearly black shadows pale beige sky distant background.