Caption

Museo di Napoli Narciso, Sculpture of Narcissus, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., workshop stamp: 'Giorgio Sommer, Largo Vittoria, Napoli', number: '1527', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Naples, 1874 - in or before 1879, paper, albumen print, height 249 mm x width 184 mm, sculpture, (story of) Narcissus, A monochrome photograph of a classical marble statue shown in profile from behind, depicting a nude male figure wearing a wreath in his curled hair and a draped cloth hanging from one shoulder, with one arm extended forward and a pointing hand, smooth musculature and worn surface tones, detailed sandals with ornate patterns on the feet, and the figure standing on a round textured plinth against a plain light background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A76_385

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.4Mb (4.3Mb) / 11.0in x 15.0in / 3308 x 4485 (300dpi)

Keywords

Museo di Napoli Narciso Sculpture Narcissus album page photograph photo part album workshop stamp Giorgio Sommer Largo Vittoria Napoli number 1527 photographer Naples 1874 - 1879 paper albumen print height 249 mm x width 184 mm sculpture story of monochrome photograph classical marble statue shown profile depicting nude male figure wearing wreath curled hair draped cloth hanging shoulder arm extended forward pointing hand smooth musculature worn surface tones detailed sandals ornate patterns feet figure standing round textured plinth plain light background