[Two Oxen in the Roman Forum]

Attributed to Carlo Baldassarre Simelli Italian

Formerly attributed to Giacomo Caneva Italian

ca. 1858

Not on view

This photograph comes from a novel series on important Roman monuments in which each image depicts a single story of a building’s elevation. Simelli issued both individual prints and vertical groupings that allow the viewer to visually ascend the structure. In this example, the ground level of the Renaissance palazzo’s famed travertine facade serves as a proscenium for the activities of a fruit vendor, whose ghostly presence appears as a result of the long exposure. The print attests to the endurance of Simelli’s career in Rome; it was made by Gustave Eugène Chauffourier, a French photographer who acquired and reprinted Simelli’s negatives beginning in 1873.

Artwork Details

Title: [Two Oxen in the Roman Forum]
Artist: Attributed to Carlo Baldassarre Simelli (Italian, Stroncone 1811–1877 Rome)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Giacomo Caneva (Italian, 1812–1865)
Date: ca. 1858
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 13.6 x 17.5 cm (5 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Mount: 24 x 32.5 cm (9 7/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2006
Object Number: 2006.498
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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