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Vue de la Basilique de Saint Pierre et du Vatican prise derrière la fontaine du Monte Pincio
Creator
James AndersonBritish Photographer · 1813–1877
All works by this person →James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog
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- negative about 1853; print about 1853–1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 87acacb0-699d-41c5-abbb-cf61fb26f45f
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A distant view of St. Peter's Basilica, seen from the Pincian Hill. A large round fountain basin is in the foreground. Trees and dense vegetation are growing around the fountain.
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- Pincian Hill, Rome — ItalyMatched from the record’s own words: “Vue de la Basilique de Saint Pierre et du Vatican prise derrière la fontaine du Monte Pincio”
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