Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print napier Perfectly aged and completely charming

Perfectly aged and completely charming

and I'd guess late 19th c

refusing to let me leave it behind

then detailed with with brown painted cap and belt

Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print napier Perfectly aged and completely charmingA 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