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Photographs

Collection

The Photographic Collection of the Archivio Storico Ricordi originated during the second half of the 1800s and covers the whole of the 1900s, counting thousands of items thanks mainly to the interest shown by Giulio Ricordi for this new artform. Photography had become an increasingly indispensable medium within an editor’s production system, as evidenced by Casa Ricordi’s early periodicals such as Musica e Musicisti and Ars et Labor. This section includes a list of the nearly 900 photographic studios that collaborated with Ricordi, including many of the national and international big names in photography.

The luthier Luigi Paganini with M°Archimede Montanelli and the little Balilla, photograph by Battista Canè, Forlì, early 1900s

On focus

Giuseppe Verdi davanti alla casa di Giulio Ricordi

Achille Ferrario

Giacomo Puccini

Attilio Badodi

Sarah Bernhardt nel ruolo di Tosca

Félix Nadar

Ottorino Respighi

Ghitta Carell

Ella Fitzgerald

Ugo Mulas

Daria Farini

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Ltd.

Description	Author	ID	Date
Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Tosca	Nadar, Félix	FOTO03019	1887
Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Tosca	Nadar, Félix	FOTO03020	1887
Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Tosca	Nadar, Félix	FOTO03021	1887
Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Tosca	Nadar, Félix	FOTO03022	1887
Romilda Pantaleoni in the role of Desdemona	Pilotti & Poysel	FOTO00134	1887
Emilia Noferini in stage costume	Orlandini & Candeli	FOTO01503	1890
Unidentified Woman in the role of Margherita	Dupont	FOTO02018	1890
Gemma Bellincioni in stage costume	Kalmar	FOTO02420	1890
Davide Petito in stage costume	Pilati, A.	FOTO02509	1890
Luisa Gilboni in stage costume	Amador	FOTO00549	1890