Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
194 x 254 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.13
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the exterior of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. Santa Maria delle Grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is both a church and a Dominican convent.The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci which is in the refectory of the convent The print is mounted onto the right hand page of the album on heavy white card. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.'
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