Estimate: $70 - $100
Carlo NAYA (1816-1882, photographer).
[Venice, Italy: A pair of photographs of architectural details]. Venice: [1860s]. 2 lightly albumenized photographs (9 ¾ x 7 ½ inches; 247 x 190mm.), each numbered in the negative, original thin card mounts, each with blindstamp ‘Naya /Fotografo / Venezia’. Condition: see images. Provenance: Annie C. Clarke (one mount initialled 'A.C.C.' on verso, both from the same portfolio collected by Clarke).
The images are of column capitals on the Doge’s Palace, one is identified on the verso of the mount ‘Capitello del Pall. Ducale. Gruppo di Noe. Venezia’ [Drunkenness of Noah], the other represents the Judgement of Solomon.
