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
Photograph | Description | Author | ID | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Man portrait in stage costume | Negretti & Zambra | FOTO02405 | 1860 | |
Giuseppe Fancelli in stage costume, Il Profeta by Meyerbeer | Fotografia del Parlamento Italiano | FOTO02862 | 1865 | |
Agnes Reus Balley [?] in stage costume | De Vernay | FOTO02403 | 1866 | |
Armand Castelmary in te role of Padre Guardiano | Bendelli, Germano | FOTO02686 | 1876 | |
Jules Devoyod in the role of Scindia | Bergamasco, Ch. | FOTO00388 | 1880 | |
Teresina Singer in stage costume | Bartolena, F.lli | FOTO02672 | 1880 | |
Cristina Fornari in stage costume | Louvier, Emilio | FOTO02965 | 1880 | |
Alamiro Bettarini in the role of Pietro | La Jone Pompeiana | FOTO00101 | 1880 | |
Adele Borghi in the role of Carmen | Franceschinis, Giuseppe | FOTO00155 | 1890 | |
Maria Vittoria Domenici in the role of Leonora | De Louwl, Henri | FOTO00393 | 1892 |