Caption

Museo di Napoli, Sculptur Nereide su pistrice, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., workshop stamp: 'Giorgio Sommer, Largo Vittoria, Napoli', number: '7532', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Naples, 1874 - in or before 1879, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 254 mm x width 199 mm, sculpture, Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea-nymphs, A pale marble statue of a partially draped female figure seated atop a large mythic sea creature with a long scaly tail and an open-mouthed head is set against a dark background, showing the figure with one arm raised and the other resting near the creature, detailed drapery around the hips and legs, exposed torso and classical facial features, the creature displaying textured scales and a ridged mane, the composition resting on stylized waves carved on a rectangular plinth.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B08_336

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Rights managed

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45.8Mb (6.9Mb) / 11.8in x 15.1in / 3542 x 4523 (300dpi)

Keywords

Museo di Napoli Sculptur Nereide su pistrice album page photograph photo part album workshop stamp Giorgio Sommer Largo Vittoria number 7532 photographer Naples 1874 - 1879 paper albumen print albumendruk height 254 mm x width 199 mm sculpture Nereids daughters Nereus sea-nymphs pale marble statue partially draped female figure seated atop large mythic sea creature long scaly tail open-mouthed head set dark background showing figure arm raised resting near creature detailed drapery hips legs exposed torso classical facial features displaying textured scales ridged mane composition resting stylized waves carved rectangular plinth