Italian Architecture (Fratelli Alinari)

Italian Architecture, vintage 8 x 10 inch silver print fiber double-weight photograph depicting "Tasso's Oak, Rome." Printed in the second half of the 20th century as part of the American Heritage Publishing Archive. Credited to Alinari.

Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 – April 25, 1595), Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered, 1581), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. He suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the king of poets by the Pope. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Tasso remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe.

Fratelli Alinari is the world's oldest photographic firm, founded in Florence, Italy in 1852. Its archives contains 5.5 million photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to modern digital photos from around the world.

Verso bears credit stampings and filing notations. In very good condition.

Provenance: From the American Heritage Publishing Archives.

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