Caption

Basilica, View of the ruins of the Basilica in Pompeii, Italy, Pompei, photograph, collector's mark: 'VOSMAER', number: '1294.', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1857 - 1875, Giorgio Sommer, photographer, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 314 mm x width 421 mm, church (exterior), ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, A wide archaeological site with rows of weathered stone columns and column fragments arranged along a central open area, fluted cylindrical column drums standing on round bases, carved capitals with acanthus motifs placed near the foreground, and broken stone pedestals and blocks scattered on the ground; low ruined walls and building facades with vertical grooves line both sides of the site, leading toward distant structures and a pair of standing columns in the middle distance; a lone tree with a rounded canopy and mountain silhouettes are visible beyond the ruins under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A76_188

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Keywords

Basilica View ruins Pompeii Italy Pompei photograph collector's mark Vosmaer number 1294 photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1875 pasteboard paper albumen print height 314 mm x width 421 mm church exterior ruin building architecture landscape wide archaeological site rows weathered stone columns column fragments arranged central open area fluted cylindrical column drums standing round bases carved capitals acanthus motifs placed near foreground broken stone pedestals blocks scattered ground low ruined walls building facades vertical grooves line sides site leading distant structures pair standing columns middle distance lone tree rounded canopy mountain silhouettes visible beyond ruins under pale sky