A cabinet card from the "Sammlung der Antiken" by Hermann Krone. He photographed al large series of antique statues. This example has an atmospheric and excellent lighting. In this way, Krone created a more artistic view of this museum piece and not just a reproduction.

Hermann Krone (1827 – 1916) was a photographer from Saxony, Germany, who was born in Breslau. His father was a lithographer and he began an apprenticeship with him 1843. He produced his first calotype and daguerreotype photographs in 1843. Krone opened a studio in Leipzig in 1851 and in Dresden from 1852.
In 1855 he contributed to the collodion dry-plate process by bathing them iodine-bromide to produce a high silver bromide content, and coating with resin.

The cabinet card and albumen print are in very good condition with nice tonality. Signed, titled and numbered in the negative. Stamped on the verso: Akadem. Kunstsammlung Greifswald.

Literature:
Lehmann, Hans-Ulrich: Hermann Krone - Die Photographien. Werkverzeichnis, München/Berlin, 2008. 592 S (page 536, S-SSI A 050)