Fresco in the Basilica of San Domenico, Siena
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
259 x 203 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520687.29
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a fresco depicting a biblical scene of the adoration of the magi (probably in the Basilica of San Domenico) in Siena. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. The fresco carries the wording 'ASCANIVS PICCOLOMENIVS, ARCHIEPISCOPVS SENARVM QVINTVS'. The print carries the photographer's blind-stamp 'Cav. Paolo Lombardi, Fotografo', bottom right corner.
Provenance
part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986