This image is among the the very first Italian outdoor daguerreotypes and is dated on the verso of the mount: October 8th, 1839.
Signed on the paper mat: "Jest à Turin"
On the verso: "Dessin photographique d'aprés le procedé de M. Daguerre per Henri F. Jest opt., Mec. De l'Université R. Des Etudes à Turin rue Po N. 46"
This image presents the Neoclassic-style church of Gran Madre di Dio, located in front of Piazza Vittorio Veneto, at the western side of the bridge Vittorio Emanuele I. The church was inaugurated in 1831.
/ This image is among the the very first Italian outdoor daguerreotypes and is dated on the verso of the mount: October 8th, 1839. It presents the Neoclassic-style church of Gran Madre di Dio, located in front of Piazza Vittorio Veneto, at the western side of the bridge Vittorio Emanuele I. The church was inaugurated in 1831.
Signed on the paper mat: Jest à Turin
On the verso: "Dessin photographique d'aprés le procedé de M. Daguerre per Henri F. Jest opt., Mec. De l'Université R. Des Etudes à Turin rue Po N. 46"
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Title
View of the church Gran Madre di Dio in Turin
Image description
This image is among the the very first Italian outdoor daguerreotypes and is dated on the verso of the mount: October 8th, 1839.
Signed on the paper mat: "Jest à Turin"
On the verso: "Dessin photographique d'aprés le procedé de M. Daguerre per Henri F. Jest opt., Mec. De l'Université R. Des Etudes à Turin rue Po N. 46"
Subject name
Gran Madre di Dio, Turin
Inscription
On the mat: "Jest à Turin"
On the back of the mount:
"Dessin photographique d'aprés le procedé de M. Daguerre per Henri F. Jest opt., Mec. De l'Université R. Des Etudes à Turin rue Po N. 46"
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
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Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
150 mm / 5.91 inch
Width
95 mm / 3.74 inch
Housing size
Height
200 mm / 7.87 inch
Width
120 mm / 4.72 inch
Window shape
Rectangle
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Fondazione Torino Musei-Galleria civica d'Arte Moderna (GAM), Italy
Description
Fondazione Torino Musei-Galleria civica d'Arte Moderna (GAM) via Magenta, 31 - 10128 Torino Italy -tel +39 0114429518.
The Photographic Archive of the Fondazione Torino Musei offers a rich collection of black and white and colour pictures. Documentation on the artistic assets, particularly on museums and in Piedmont, as well as a valuable series of architecture illustrations, promote this structure into one of the most important photography archives in northern Italy.
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