Italy - 661 diapositives.
Estimation :
1500 / 3000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
Pictures taken during a private trip (?) referring to a diapositive titled "Mon guide" portraying a man. Also images picturing separately the same woman and gentleman. Pictures of streets, the beach, a boat trip, people on horseback, a volcano excursion ?, local people, etc. Images of Rome : art, monuments, ruins, statues, paintings, sculptures, bas reliefs, catacombs, crypts, basilicas, churches, the Forum Romanum, the Vatican, cloisters, the Rostra, Titus Arch, theatres, the Palatine Hill, etc. Images of the Vatican Museum showing paintings, sculptures, different parts of the museum, the Vatican Library, the Pinacoteca, the Sixtine Chapel, the Galery of the Statues, the Hall of Busts, the Immaculate Room, etc. Also the St Peter's Basilica, catacombs, ruins, etc. Images of Pompei and the Vesusius showing objects in museums (art and illustrations), temples, houses, amphitheatres, etc. Art works in Naples National Archaeological Museum. Images of Genoa (the port and cemetery), the Etna vulcano, Syracuse (amphitheatre), Catania, Sicily (Temple of Ceres, ruins of an ancient theatre), Palermo (the basilica, catacombs, cloister, carabinieri), Verona (castle, thermae, cathedral, arena), Lucarno, Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Como Lake, etc. Images of Venice : St Mark's Basilica (interior and exterior), St Mark's Square, Doge's Palace, Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, St Mark's Campanile, paintings in Gallerie dell'Accademia, Ca' Pesaro, Palazzo Badour, etc. Furthermore the Colosseum in Rome, Lateran Palace, San Galgano Abbey, Montepulciano, Lago Majore, Pisa, Temple of Neptune Paestum, images of bullfighting, bohemians and their camp and from the earthquake in Messina (1908) showing the destroyed city, casualties, temporary shelters, emergency services, etc. 1 box of glass negatives. Labels : "Beernaer'ts", "V. Monkhoven", "Instituto Micrografico Italiano, Firenze, Via Guelfa, 30". "Beernaert's", "E. Mazo".
