Scherer & Nabholz
Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow

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Artist Scherer & Nabholz, MoscowSwiss, active 1820–1928, active Moscow 1860–1911

CultureSwiss

Titles

Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow

Datec. 1860

Place depictedMoscow, Russia

MediumSalted paper print with varnish from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 11 in. (34.3 × 28 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 in. (34.3 × 28 cm)
Mount: 23 1/16 × 17 11/16 in. (58.6 × 44.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Harry M. Reasoner in honor of Macey Reasoner at "One Great Night in November, 2015"

Object number2015.548

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThis magical early Russian picture of St. Basil’s is the work of Scherer & Nabholz, Swiss photographers who had set up shop in Moscow by the late 1850s and remained the principal purveyors of Russian topographic views throughout the 19th century. Here, the position, lighting, masking, and vignetting make the cathedral appear isolated, like some tabletop confection, and give it an appearance similar to a topographic lithograph or aquatint in which the artist’s hand might be suspected of exaggeration.
Provenance[Robert Hershkowitz, Sussex, England]; [Vintage Works, Chalfont, Pennsylvania]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[no verso inscriptions]

Printed original photographers label in Russian and French on bottom center mount:
[Russian to be transcribed] / Eglise Wassili-Blagenny vis-a-vis du Kremlinj / Moscou
Blind stamp on bottom center: PHOTOGRAPHISCHE / ANSTALT / SCHERER & NABHOLZ / VORMALS A. BERGNER / MOSKAU

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