Giacomo Caneva - Temple of Venus and Roma - image-1

Lot 837 Dα

Giacomo Caneva - Temple of Venus and Roma

Auction 1161 - overview Cologne
07.12.2020, 17:00 - Photography
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.188 € (incl. premium)

Giacomo Caneva

Temple of Venus and Roma
1850 - 1852

Albumenized salt print from paper negative. 15.6 x 21.5 cm. Flush-mounted to original card.

Caneva took this shot of the temple from the Colosseum, the balustrade of which can be seen in the foreground on the right. On the left is the Arch of Titus, in the background the bell tower of the Basilica of Santa Francesca Romana.

Literature

Bonetti 2008, ill. p. 57 and p. 154 (cat. 83)