Caption

View of Piazza del Popolo in Rome, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., inscription: '433 PIAZZA DEL POPOLO', Rome, 1870 - c. 1895, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 200 mm x width 258 mm, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, square, circus, Piazza del Popolo, A wide sepia photograph of an open rectangular plaza flanked by buildings and trees, with a tall obelisk rising from its center and ornate lamp posts around its base. In the foreground a terraced stone balustrade and stairways lead down to a sculptural fountain ensemble with statues on pedestals and decorative finials. To the left a large domed church and adjacent classical buildings with rows of windows and tiled roofs are visible, and to the right a building with a conical tower and a church façade can be seen. Rows of tall slender trees form a dark band behind the plaza, and distant low-rise buildings and hills extend across the horizon under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A76_402

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34.2Mb (7.9Mb) / 13.0in x 10.2in / 3903 x 3063 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Piazza del Popolo Rome album page photograph photo part album inscription 433 Piazza Del Popolo 1870 - c 1895 photographer paper pasteboard albumen print height 200 mm x width 258 mm prospect city town panorama silhouette square circus wide sepia photograph open rectangular plaza flanked buildings trees tall obelisk rising center ornate lamp posts base foreground terraced stone balustrade stairways lead down sculptural fountain ensemble statues pedestals decorative finials left large domed church adjacent classical buildings rows windows tiled roofs visible right building conical tower church façade Rows tall slender trees form dark band plaza distant low-rise buildings hills extend across horizon under pale sky