James Anderson - Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum - image-1

Lot 801 Dα

James Anderson - Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum

Auction 1161 - overview Cologne
07.12.2020, 17:00 - Photography
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)

James Anderson

Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum
1852 - 1855

Albumenized salt print, printed from albumenized glass negative c. 1858. 28.8 x 36.5 cm. Numbered '24' in the negative lower left. Flush-mounted to original card, blind stamped 'Libreria Tedesca di Gius. Spithöver in Roma' on the mount lower right.

The angle chosen for this image of the Roman Forum can be found in the works of numerous photographers of the time. It provides a good view of the Forum and its most important structures. In the foreground we see the mighty columns of the Temple of Saturn and in the background at the end of the Via Sacra we see the Colosseum on the left and the Arch of Constantine on the right, as well as the ruins of the Temple of Castor and Pollux on the right edge. Anderson's works also frequently depict the cattle that still grazed between the ancient ruins of Rome during this time.

Literature

Bonetti 2008, ill. p. 35 and p. 146 (cat. 11)