Giacchino Altobelli and Pompeo Molins worked together between 1861-1865 and were known for their early picturesque views of Rome. Molins' photo studio in Palazzo Negroni-Caffarelli was completely destroyed in a fire in 1893. - Some retouched spots, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.
Lit.: Bodo von Dewitz/Dietmar Siegert/Karin Schuller-Procopovici (eds.). Italien Sehen und Sterben. Photographien der Zeit des Risorgimento (1845 - 1870). Cologne 1994, p. 262, ill. p. 39.
