People:

Fratelli Alinari (photographic studio)

Title:

Views of Florence, Pisa and Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Date:

1857 or after

Description:

Album contains views of Florence and its buildings and works of art: a panorama of the city, the campanile of the Duomo, details of its doors, the Baptistery and details showing Andrea Pisano's bronze door, Raffaello's Last Supper in the Monastery of Onofrio, a bas-relief by Michelangelo and a bronze shield by Benvenuto Cellini in the Uffizi Gallery, views of the Signoria Loggia, the Palazzo Vecchio, the Palazzo del Granduca, the David by Michelangelo, Perseo by Benvenuto Cellini, Rape of the Sabines by Giambologna, a statue of Lorenzo Bartolini, the Medici Venus, the Apollino, the Dancing Faun, Mercury, Venus by Canova, the sepulchres of Guiliano of Medici and Lorenzo of Medici in San Lorenzo, the courtyard of the Bargello, the Palazzo Strozzi, Dante painted by Giotto in the Palazzo Pretorio, the bridge Santa Trinita, the Piazza S.M. Novella, the Piazza dell'Annunziata, the Piazza Santa Croce, the Pazzi Chapel, the Palazzo Riccardi, the Palazzo Pitti, the fountains by Giambologna in the Boboli garden and in the Villa della Pietraja, the Grotto by Buontalenti in the Boboli garden, the triumphal arch at Porta San Gallo, the Palazzo della Cascine and the church of San Miniato al Monte.

It also contains a view of Fiesole, a view of the dams in Chiane, a general view of Pisa, the Duomo and details of its doors, the Baptistery, the pulpit by Niccola Pisano, frescoes in the Camposanto, the church Santa Maria della Spina, the Ponte a Mare, the Monastery of Pisa, buildings in Lucca: the church of San Martino, the church of San Michele, general views of Siena, the Duomo, the Palazzo della Signoria, frescoes in the Library of Siena by Pinturicchio, the Archbishop's palace, the Palazzo Grottanelli and the Palazzo Bonsigniori.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album (closed): 48 x 63,5 x 4,5 cm comps. (min. range): 24,1 x 32,4 cm comps. (max. range): 43,8 x 32,5 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0105:001-080

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of red velvet corners with leather spine, mounted heavy cast metal decorations and silver plated clasp at front and back. Coat of arms on front cover and "EMM" on back cover, both in metal. Silk endpapers mounted on papers.

Inscription:

decorated - for initials & coat of arms, see # 15).

Location:

Lucca; Tuscany; Italy;

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal