Légende
Cappuccini burial vaults, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Samuel J. Beckett, Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, c. 1890 - c. 1900, Rome, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 151 mm x width 192 mm, charnelhouse, ossuary, A dim interior scene filled with human skulls and bones arranged into ornate patterns along the walls and arches, with rows of skulls forming columns and garlands hanging from the ceiling; three robed skeletal figures are mounted upright against the bone-covered wall, each appearing framed by surrounding skulls; a table or altar area displays skulls and candleholders, and cone-shaped objects sit on stands; in the foreground a series of simple crosses stand in the floor, each topped with a small candle, and a skeletal figure kneels near one of the crosses; chandeliers and hanging clusters of bones descend from the ceiling, and decorative motifs of bones repeat across the architectural surfaces.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26A99_313
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36.8Mo (7.4Mo) / 33.2cm x 27.8cm / 3918 x 3285 (300dpi)