Temple of Venus, Pompeii, between 1880 and 1890

  • Italian
  • Giorgio Sommer, Italian, 1834-1914

Albumen print

  • Image: 8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.3 × 25.7 cm) Mount: 12 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (32.4 × 40 cm)

Gift of Edgar B. Whitcomb

F46.68

Signed, in negative, lower right: G. Sommer - Napoli

Stamped, on mount verso, lower left: DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS | REFERENCE LIBRARY Marks, in pencil, below stamp: g. of E.B.W.

Inscribed, in negative, lower left: 1203 Pompei. Tempio di Venere Inscribed, in ink, on mount, lower center: Temple of Venus - Pompei

Edgar B. Whitcomb

1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Italian, Temple of Venus, Pompeii, between 1880 and 1890, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edgar B. Whitcomb, F46.68.