Wilhelm von Gloeden
1900 (ca)
Little orphans from the Messina Earthquake

Gelatin silver print
14 5/16 × 10 11/16 in. (36.4 × 27.2 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession number: 2005.100.1138
 
"Little orphans from the Messina Earthquake". Catalogue number: 88. The title is the one given to this image in the magazine Varietas in July 1910. Actually, the girl can be identified as Maria Intelisano, niece of the parish of Castelmola.
 
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