Description

Nice, France Photographer Jean Giletta (1856-1933). Albumen print image size 21-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches (55.2 x 21.6 cm). Printed out paper adhered to period board. Tanned paper consistent with age. Board set within wooden frame measuring approximately 28-5/8 x 15.25 inches (72.7 x 38.7 cm). Panoramic photograph of the rocky promontory of the Principality of Monaco with city of Monte Carlo along coastline. Photographer's blind stamp at bottom right corner. Numbered reference of photographer in lower left corner "1330". Age of frame unknown. View includes Grimaldi Palace and Oceanographic museum under construction which was inaugurated in 1910 (took 11 years to build). With photo, an ex cerpt from the Book of the Riviera by S. Baring-Gould 1905 describes "Les Spelunges, a rocky promontory, full of holes and cracks, like a petrified sponge, on which formerly shepherds pastured their goats, has become the world-famed Monte Carlo". Please zoom in on photographs carefully to evaluate condition and any blemishes to frame. Selling "as is" from our family estate . About the photographer from internet sources: Jean Giletta was born Jean-Baptiste Gilletta in Levens, Fterance 1856. Said to have been under the tutelage of photographer Jean-Auguste-Theodore Walburg de Bray in the 1860s and 1870s. It is assumed that many of the images attributed to de Bray were realized by Giletta. He operated his won studio by about 1880 at some point dropping the "Baptiste" and and "L" from his name to become Jean Giletta. In 1897 he entered the publishing business, producing thousands of photographic images made into postcards and reproduced in publications. For this time period, he partnered with his brothers Joseph and Francois as the Giletta Brothers (about 1897-1926) with Jean retiring around 1926. He died in 1933. His works can be found in the Musee d'Orsay; Theatre of Photography, Nice; and the Alinari Archive, Florence, Italy. Thank you for your interest!