Five naked youths relaxing on a terrace on the bay of Naples. Photographic postcard by W. von Gloeden, 19--.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1930?]
Reference:
2046051i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Five naked youths relaxing on a terrace on the bay of Naples. Photographic postcard by W. von Gloeden, 19--. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of five men posing with props such as a hydria (jug) and leopard-skin rug, looking out towards mount Vesuvius.

Publication/Creation

[Taormina?] : [W. von Gloeden?], [between 1900 and 1930?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Bears number: AE 2567/1 (printed in white, bottom recto)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A photographic postcard by Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931). Von Gloeden became celebrated, indeed infamous, for his homoerotic photographs of the young men of Taormina, who posed in 'classical' settings such as this example. His imitators included Guglielmo Pluschow (1852-1930) and Vincenzo Galdi (1871-1961)."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046051i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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