Porch of the Collioni Chapel, Bergamot, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
275 x 215 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.18
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the Porch of the Collioni Chapel, Bergamot, Italy. The view depicts a close-up view of the front facade of the porch of the Collioni Chapel. Designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1470-1476). Above the main portal is a large rose window which is flanked by two medallions portraying Julius Caesar and Trajan. The upper part of the facade has a loggia in Romaneque style. The porch is situated next to the porch of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The image has been taken at an angle and a small part of the city can be seen in the background. The photograph has diagonally cut corners. The print is a portrait image but is mounted landscape on the lefthand side of the album page on heavy white card. Markings: Bottom of the portrait print, side on lefthand album page, handwritten in black ink and underlined, are the words: " Porch of the Collioni Chapel"
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