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Pesaro. Monumento Rossini – Vintage Wall Art

Pesaro. Monumento Rossini, [between 1890 and 1940] — historic photograph
Pesaro. Monumento Rossini, [between 1890 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Step back in time with Pesaro. Monumento Rossini, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Rossini monument in Pesaro, the subject of this print, honors the composer Gioacchino Rossini, who was born in the city in 1792 and died in Paris in 1868. The statue stands in a public square in his hometown, and the photograph records the sculpture as a civic memorial rather than a portrait of the man himself. Rossini's operas, including The Barber of Seville, made him one of the most famous musicians in Europe, and towns across Italy erected monuments to him in the decades after his death. The record dates the print only to a span between 1890 and 1940, so it likely comes from a period when such memorials were being photographed and sold as views of Italian cities.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortraits 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesNo. 3940.
SubjectsRossini, Gioacchino,--1792-1868--Statues--Italy--Pesaro. Rossini, Gioacchino,--1792-1868--Monuments--Italy--Pesaro.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,237 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184738

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