The Baptistry Florence Italy – Antique Photo Print
![The Baptistry Florence Italy, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/054a3e6e31ff-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The Baptistry Florence Italy, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Baptistry Florence Italy
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Few buildings in Florence are as recognizable as the octagonal Baptistry, which stands across from the cathedral and appears here in soft, layered color. It is best known for its bronze doors, and the east set by Lorenzo Ghiberti, worked on from 1424 to 1452, was so admired that Michelangelo reportedly called it the Gates of Paradise. This print was made by the photochrom process, a Swiss method that built color from several lithographic stones, and the Detroit Publishing Company issued it in its catalog of Italian views around 1905.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 8568. Views of architecture and other sites in Italy |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,456 × 2,560 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 210_The_Baptistry_Florence_1890.tif-06457u |
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