Circle of Giacomo Caneva (Italian, 1813-1865)
Oxen with carts in background, 1850s
Coated salt print from a collodion negative
12.0 x 17.4 cm tipped onto original mount
Giacomo Caneva (Italian, 1813-1865)
Grotto of Neptune, Tivoli, circa 1850
Salt print from a paper negative
21.0 x 16.3 cm
Signed "G Caneva" in red crayon on verso
Giacomo Caneva (Italian, 1813-1865)
Cloître de la basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs, circa 1850
Salt print from a paper negative
20.2 x 27.1 cm mounted on 28.9 x 40.9 cm paper
Signed "G Caneva" in black crayon on verso. Titled erroneously "Cloitre de S. Jean de Latran" in pencil on mount.
Circle of Giacomo Caneva (Italian, 1813-1865)
Reclining goat in Rome, 1850s
Albumen print from a collodion negative
13.3 x 21.3 cm
Provenance
Family of Edmond Lebel
The albumen print of Reclining goat in Rome, circle of Giacomo Caneva, 1850s, illustrates a threshold between the old and new in mid 19thcentury Rome. The goat’s resting place on the steps defies our idealistic vision of it wandering freely in its natural setting.