Caption

Casa dei Fornai, Remnants of a bakery in Pompeii, Pompei, photograph, number: 'No. 1224.', collector's mark: 'VOSMAER', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Pompeii, 1863 - 1875, Giorgio Sommer, photographer, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 315 mm x width 420 mm, shop, store, ruin of a building, architecture, landscape with ruins, bread, loaf, A sepia-toned photo shows a ruined stone and brick structure with rough textured walls and arched openings. In the foreground there are large cylindrical stone mills with conical upper parts and circular bases, some showing grooves and embedded metal pieces. A prominent brick archway leads into a dark interior space on the left side. Scattered stone blocks and low retaining walls form uneven ground and steps, and additional stone and brick walls with rectangular openings and rounded tops appear in the middle and background. The scene is bathed in soft, even light and contains worn surfaces, rubble, and patches of exposed mortar.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B08_208

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Rights managed

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45.6Mb (5.3Mb) / 14.9in x 11.9in / 4456 x 3575 (300dpi)

Keywords

Casa dei Fornai Remnants bakery Pompeii Pompei photograph number No 1224 collector's mark Vosmaer photographer Giorgio Sommer 1863 - 1875 pasteboard paper albumen print height 315 mm x width 420 mm shop store ruin building architecture landscape ruins bread loaf sepia-toned photo ruined stone brick structure rough textured walls arched openings foreground large cylindrical stone mills conical upper parts circular bases showing grooves embedded metal pieces prominent brick archway leads dark interior space left side Scattered stone blocks low retaining walls form uneven ground steps additional stone brick walls rectangular openings rounded tops middle background scene bathed soft even light contains worn surfaces rubble patches exposed mortar