Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
Italian
Artist Dates
1832-1865
Preview
Date of Work
ca. 1850
Medium
Photographic print on canvas
Height
8 1/4"
Width
10 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_F
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Leopoldo Alinari was born in 1832 in Florence, Italy. In 1854 he independently founded Alinari Art Publishing House after he had mastered the trade of photography two years earlier. They began to make photographic reproductions of famous artworks, architecture and monuments all over Italy. In 1855 they participated in the Paris Exposition that led to their international fame by obtaining commissions from British rulers.
Additional Information
Additional Student Research Submitted By: Alyssa Borka
Leopoldo Alinari learned the art of photography and opened a small studio in 1852, two years later his two brothers and himself opened a photography business with the mission to photographically reproduce all of the major Italian works of art. Later on in the 1920's a publishing house (Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche) absorbed the studio, and continues to publish works on occasion.
Photograph of Arezzo-Chiesa di S. Francesco. Disfatta e morte di Cosroe Re di Persia by Piero Della Francesca (1416-1492). The title translates to Church of San Francesco Defeat and Death of the King of Persia, which is a painting the Basilica of San Francisco in Arezzo, Italy.
(Source) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1224/fratelli-alinari-italian-founded-1852/
James Smith Pierce Collection
Condition
Good.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”