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 |
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from the left: Ferdinando Fontana and Giacomo Puccini | Rossi, Giulio | FOTO01068 | 1880 | |
Giacomo Puccini | Ferrario, Achille | FOTO01440 | 1889 | |
Giacomo Puccini on a boat, standing, sul Lago di Massaciuccoli. | A.M., A. | FOTO00791 | 1895 | |
Giacomo Puccini seated on a boat, Lago di Massaciuccoli | A.M., A. | FOTO00792 | 1895 | |
from the left: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica | Montabone, Luigi | FOTO00536 | 1896 | |
Giacomo Puccini portrait, in hunting suit | Pierotti, I. | FOTO01109 | 1902 | |
Giacomo Puccini portrait on wheelchair, in the garden of the mansion of Torre del Lago | Caselli, Alfredo | FOTO01039 | 1903 | |
Supper Party given at the Savoy Hotel in London to M°Giacomo Puccini, 24 October 1905. In the foreground the conductor Leopoldo Mugnone | Fradelle & Young | FOTO01997 | 24/10/1905 | |
Giacomo Puccini in Egypt, 1908 | Lucchesi, Paolo | FOTO01963 | 1908 | |
Sculptur by Augusto Passaglia, souvenir offered by fellow citizens to M°Puccini after the triumph of The Girl of the Golden West | Reali, A. | FOTO03276 | 1910 |