Porta del Popolo

1848–52

Not on view

Constant, who associated with the painter-photographers at the Caffè Greco, was the first in Rome to use the method of albumen on glass plate negatives devised by the Frenchman Niépce de Saint-Victor in 1847. This remarkable album contains thirty prints by Constant, each affixed to a page bearing the blind stamp of the bookseller Edouard Mauche (who sold his views).

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Title: Porta del Popolo
Artist: Eugène Constant (French, active Italy, 1848–55)
Date: 1848–52
Medium: Albumen print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in. (22 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 18 1/2 in. (30.8 × 47 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.799 (1)
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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Roma, Eugène Constant French, active Italy, Salted paper print from glass negative — Roma
Eugène Constant
Edouard Mauche et Cie
1848–52

Tempio di Antonino e Faustina, Eugène Constant French, active Italy, Albumen print from glass negative — Tempio di Antonino e Faustina
Eugène Constant
1848–52

Foro e Colonna di Trajano, Eugène Constant French, active Italy, Albumen print from glass negative — Foro e Colonna di Trajano
Eugène Constant
1848–52

S. Giovanni Laterano, Eugène Constant French, active Italy, Albumen print from glass negative — S. Giovanni Laterano
Eugène Constant
1848–52

Bassorilievo dell'arco di Tito, Eugène Constant French, active Italy, Albumen print from glass negative — Bassorilievo dell'arco di Tito
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