Romualdo Alinari
Altar within church. Coffin surrounded by tableau of carved figures. Surmounted by many full-relief figures. . Ultimately rising to single figure at top.

Altar within church. Coffin surrounded by tableau of carved figures. Surmounted by many full-relief figures. . Ultimately rising to single figure at top.

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Altar within church. Coffin surrounded by tableau of carved figures. Surmounted by many full-relief figures. . Ultimately rising to single figure at top.
ArtistItalian, 1830–1891
ArtistItalian, 1832–1865
ArtistItalian, 1836–1890
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Altar within church. Coffin surrounded by tableau of carved figures. Surmounted by many full-relief figures. . Ultimately rising to single figure at top.
  • from a volume of Italian photographs--Bologna, Ferrara, and Ravenna
Date1850–1859
PlaceBologna, Italy
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24.6 × 18.6 cm)
 Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (25.1 × 18.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.266.27
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, bottom margin: (Ed. Alinari) P.I.N. 10527. BOLOGNA - Chiesa di S. Domenico. L'arca di S. Domenico. (Nicola Pisano ed altri celebri maestri)

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