Ponte Nomentano

ca. 1860

Not on view

This photograph depicts a well-known landmark of the Roman Campagna: the Ponte Nomentano, an ancient bridge topped by a medieval fortification that spans the river Aniene. Taking a high position with his camera, Altadonna situated the bridge within a sprawling countryside framed by mountains beyond. This subject was a favorite of artists, and he contributed to a visual tradition that includes earlier works by the engraver Giuseppe Vasi and painter Camille Corot. Altadonna trained at the Venetian Academy and began his career as a miniature painter and retoucher before opening a photography studio in his native Trento in 1863. Although primarily a portraitist, he made a series of views of Rome in an appealing oval format in the early 1860s.

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Title: Ponte Nomentano
Artist: Giovanni Battista Altadonna (Italian, Borgo Valsugana 1824–1890 Trento)
Date: ca. 1860
Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Image (oval): 18.8 × 25 cm (7 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 18.8 × 25 cm (7 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Mount: 26.7 × 35 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.1101
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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