Caption

Remains of Cornelio Rufo's house in Pompeii, Casa di Cornelio Ruffo Pompei, photograph, collector's mark: 'VOSMAER', number: 'No. 1237.', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1857 - 1875, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 315 mm x width 420 mm, urban housing, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, Casa di Cornelio Rufo, A sepia photograph shows an open archaeological site with weathered stone walls and tall fluted columns arranged in rows across a dirt courtyard. In the foreground there is a rectangular sunken basin with a decorative edge and two ornate stone supports with sculpted motifs placed on its far side. Ruined doorways and fragmented wall panels with patches of plaster and carved reliefs frame the view on either side, and a freestanding stone bust is mounted on a short pedestal near one of the walls. The ground is uneven with scattered stones and the sky above is pale and empty.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B08_207

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45.5Mb (10.2Mb) / 14.9in x 11.9in / 4460 x 3568 (300dpi)

Keywords

Remains Cornelio Rufo's house Pompeii Casa di Cornelio Ruffo Pompei photograph collector's mark Vosmaer number No 1237 photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1875 pasteboard paper albumen print height 315 mm x width 420 mm urban housing ruin building architecture landscape ruins Casa di Cornelio Rufo sepia photograph open archaeological site weathered stone walls tall fluted columns arranged rows across dirt courtyard foreground rectangular sunken basin decorative edge two ornate stone supports sculpted motifs placed far side Ruined doorways fragmented wall panels patches plaster carved reliefs frame view side freestanding stone bust mounted short pedestal near walls ground uneven scattered stones sky pale empty