Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print napier and very solid and sound

and very solid and sound

I can't resist these when I come across them

found in a plastic sleeve where clearly they were stored carefully for many many years

and I'd guess late 19th c

Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print napier and very solid and soundA year or so ago I bought and sold a couple of c. 1875 Grand Tour albumen photos documenting sculptures in the Museum di Napoli (now known as the National Archaeological Museum, Naples); this past week I went back to the same dealer who had put out a few more and I snapped them right up. And though the giant and amazon lushly carved of marble here are meant to be dead, they sure look powerful and full of life to me, as if just in a momentary state of