The Charterhouse of Pavia: view of the main portal of the church, ca. 1865 – 1870

Title

The Charterhouse of Pavia: view of the main portal of the church

Photographer

• Unknown

Production Place

• Italy

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Stempel: CARTUSIA; PAPIENSIS

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture

Main Motif

• portal
• man
• woman
• child
• group of people
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Certosa di Pavia
• Pavia
• Madonna delle Grazie (Certosa di Pavia)
• Adam
• Eve
• Commodus (Römischer Kaiser)
• Nebukadnezar II. (König von Babylonien)
• Amel-Marduk (König von Babylonien)

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Adam
• Eve
• Commodus (Römischer Kaiser)
• Nebuchadnezzar II (king of Babylon)
• Amel-Marduk (King of Babylon)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jesus Christ
• Giangaleazzo Visconti
• Giovanni Antonio Amadeo
• Antonio Mantegazza
• Cristoforo Mantegazza

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 48C16 architectural detail
• 11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D12 youth, adolescent
• 11F4 Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 61F(CERTOSA DI PAVIA) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (CERTOSA DI PAVIA)
• 61E(PAVIA) names of cities and villages (PAVIA)
• 41A311 front façade
• 11I62(ADAM) Adam (not in biblical context)
• 11I63(EVE) Eve (not in biblical context)
• 98B(COMMODUS) (story of) Commodus the Roman emperor
• 61B2( NEBUKADNEZAR II. (König von Babylonien))1 historical person ( NEBUKADNEZAR II. (König von Babylonien)) - historical person( NEBUKADNEZAR II. (König von Babylonien)) portrayed
• 61B2(AMEL-MARDUK (König von Babylonien))1 historical person (AMEL-MARDUK (König von Babylonien)) - historical person(AMEL-MARDUK (König von Babylonien)) portrayed

Secondary

• 41A33 window
• 48A98 ornaments ~ art
• 48C162 arch, archivolt ~ architecture
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture