Chairs, Italian (Venetian), VIIth century, Institut Minutoli, Liegnitz
Photograph
c. 1855 (photographed)
c. 1855 (photographed)
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The Prussian baron Alexander von Minutoli (1806-87) often sent his model collection to schools of the applied arts. The objects, however, suffered from this treatment. Thus he commissioned photographic reproductions to circulate instead. The first trial with Daguerreotypes failed, because these were relatively fragile and also suffered from frequent moving. (Daguerrotype was the first commercially available form of photography, introduced in 1839. Each photograph was a one-off, appearing on a silvered copper plate.) In 1853 Minutoli engaged Ludwig Belitski to make a photographic reproduction on paper. Belitski was a photographer from Liegnitz in Silesia (now Legnica, Poland). He earned international fame from Minutoli’s large commission (seven folio-sized volumes with 663 plates) and won awards in Brussels and Amsterdam in 1855 and 1856. The Venetian glass here was photographed in bright sunlight.
Object details
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| Title | Chairs, Italian (Venetian), VIIth century, Institut Minutoli, Liegnitz (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salted paper print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Ludwig Belitski, 'Chairs, Italian (Venetian), VIIth century, Institut Minutoli, Liegnitz', c. 1855, salted paper print |
| Physical description | A mounted photograph of three chairs, a framed object leans on one, a carved mirror leans on another. |
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| Credit line | Given by The Prince Consort |
| Historical context | In 1855 Prince Albert donated Models for Craftsmen, photographed by Ludwig Belitski, published by the Minutolische Institut, Liegnits, Silesia |
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| Summary | The Prussian baron Alexander von Minutoli (1806-87) often sent his model collection to schools of the applied arts. The objects, however, suffered from this treatment. Thus he commissioned photographic reproductions to circulate instead. The first trial with Daguerreotypes failed, because these were relatively fragile and also suffered from frequent moving. (Daguerrotype was the first commercially available form of photography, introduced in 1839. Each photograph was a one-off, appearing on a silvered copper plate.) In 1853 Minutoli engaged Ludwig Belitski to make a photographic reproduction on paper. Belitski was a photographer from Liegnitz in Silesia (now Legnica, Poland). He earned international fame from Minutoli’s large commission (seven folio-sized volumes with 663 plates) and won awards in Brussels and Amsterdam in 1855 and 1856. The Venetian glass here was photographed in bright sunlight. |
| Bibliographic reference | Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 36009 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2014 |
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