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Datsiaro I.H. - Album of 24 photographs ”Moscow”.. Year: The end of the 19th century. Size: 17x11.5x1.5. Technique: Photography, photo engraving. Description: A photo album published by the fine art studio of Joseph Datsiaro. The author of the negatives is Martin Scherer. The collection includes 24 vintage photographs and photo prints with views of Moscow's landmarks, and a description in Russian and French. The album includes the following views: Two views of the Kremlin; A view of Moscow; A view from the Kremlin; The Annunciation Cathedral; A view of Ivan the Great in the Kremlin; A view of Tsar Cannon; A view of Red Square; A view of the House of the Romanov Boyars; A view of the Bolshoi Theater; A view of the Rumyantsev Museum; A view of the Petrovsky Palace; A view of the monument of Plevna; View of the Red Gate; View of the Maiden Monastery; View of the Trinity Sergius Lavra; View of the Tsar Bell in the Kremlin; View of the Spassky Gate; View of the Iversky Gate; View of St. Basil's Cathedral; View of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior; View of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky; View of the Monument to Alexander Pushkin; View of the Triumphal Gate. Datsiaro Joseph Khristoforovich (1806-1865) A Russian lithographer and publisher of Italian origin, who played a significant role in the development of printmaking in 19th-century Russia.He actually contributed to the popularization of fine art through the replication of works by other artists. In his youth, he came to Russia from Italy and in 1828 opened a lithographic workshop in Moscow, which soon became one of the leading in the country. His brand produced portraits, city views, genre scenes, and book illustrations, often based on drawings by famous artists of the time. These publications were very popular and actually served as exhibition materials for the general public, although the master himself did not exhibit as a painter or graphic artist. The works published by the workshop of Joseph Datsiaro are kept in the largest Russian museums and collections. Russian Russian lithographs are represented in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum as examples of early Russian lithography. A significant part of his publications are in the departments of engraving and graphics of the Russian State Library and the Russian National Library (St. Petersburg). Daciaro's lithograph collections are also available in regional museums specializing in art history and bookmaking. Individual sheets are found in private collections, where they are valued as monuments of printed graphics of the mid-19th century and as sources on the history of everyday culture of the Russian Empire.