Caption

Museo di Napoli Discobolo, Bronze sculpture of an athlete, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., workshop stamp: 'Giorgio Sommer, Largo Vittoria, Napoli', number: '1508', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Naples, 1874 - in or before 1879, paper, albumen print, height 252 mm x width 203 mm, sculpture (bronze, arts), athletics, gymnastics (sportsman, player, etc.), A photograph of a bronze male figure in a forward-leaning stride pose shown from the side, with a detailed head of short curly hair and a focused facial expression, one arm extended forward with slightly curled fingers and the other arm hanging down, musculature and body contours visible along the torso, hips, thighs, and calves, one foot planted on a rectangular base and the other foot lifted on its toes, the sculpture resting on a stepped plinth against a pale, neutral background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B08_338

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.1Mb (3.9Mb) / 12.3in x 14.9in / 3688 x 4461 (300dpi)

Keywords

Museo di Napoli Discobolo Bronze sculpture athlete album page photograph photo part album workshop stamp Giorgio Sommer Largo Vittoria Napoli number 1508 photographer Naples 1874 - 1879 paper albumen print height 252 mm x width 203 mm sculpture bronze arts athletics gymnastics sportsman player etc bronze male figure forward-leaning stride pose shown side detailed head short curly hair focused facial expression arm extended forward slightly curled fingers hanging down musculature body contours visible torso hips thighs calves foot planted rectangular base foot lifted toes sculpture resting stepped plinth pale neutral background