[Loggia di Fra' Giacondo, Piazza dei Signori, Verona]

ca. 1858

Not on view

Maurizio Lotze trained as a painter and lithographer in Meissen and Dresden before taking up photography. In 1854 he relocated to Verona—then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire—where he founded his own firm. He explored a wide range of subjects, but his bread and butter was in the commercial work of portraiture and architectural views. This photograph demonstrates his preference for high vantage points, which allowed for sweeping vistas of the city’s monuments. Here, people engaged in the business of everyday life animate the piazza in front of the fifteenth-century council hall.

Artwork Details

Title: [Loggia di Fra' Giacondo, Piazza dei Signori, Verona]
Artist: Maurizio Lotze (German, 1809–1890)
Date: ca. 1858
Medium: Salted paper print from collodion glass negative
Dimensions: Mount: 12 5/16 in. × 18 13/16 in. (31.3 × 47.8 cm)
Image: 8 9/16 × 10 11/16 in. (21.7 × 27.1 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Carol Nigro and Charles Isaacs, 2018
Object Number: 2018.141
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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