c. 1860sRome
Panorama from the dome of St Peter’s
Unidentified photographer. Albumen print from collodion negative.
Elevated photograph
c. 1860s·Rome
Panorama from the dome of St Peter’s
Unidentified photographer. Albumen print from collodion negative.
Elevated photograph · Surviving
What this plate shows
Rome photographed from the cupola of St Peter’s: the basilica fabric in the foreground, the city spread beyond. An elevated photograph from a known high point, not a balloon plate and not a drawn bird’s-eye. The camera is on the dome.
- Image type
- Elevated photograph
- Structure
- St Peter’s Basilica (camera on the dome)
- Region
- Europe
- Present status
- Surviving — The basilica still stands. This plate is Rome from the cupola, not a drawing of the city.
- Source
- Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.542 (CC0).
- License
- CC0 1.0 — Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access.
Collections where this plate appears
- 02Old World photographyStreet scenes, demolition, construction, rooftops, a dome, a completed boulevard. The camera on the ground or on a known high point — not a lithograph pretending to be a lens.
- 03Panoramas and aerialsDrawn strips, stitched or wide photographs, and cameras in balloons. The type is the first fact.
- 05Monumental architecturePeriod photographs of named structures. Documented identification first. Present status is a later fact recorded beside the plate — surviving, altered, burned, demolished, reconstructed, replaced — not a verdict the image is asked to prove.