Lot 4123: Ahrendts, Leopold Opera House and St Hedwigs

Ahrendts, Leopold Opera House and St Hedwigs Church Opera House and St Hedwigs Church, Berlin. Early 1850s. Gold-toned albumen print with rounded corners. 18,5 x 21,7 cm. Mounted to original board (slightly soiled) and annotated in ink in German below the image on the mount. Some albumen loss on the surface in upper left corner, some retouched spots, a few marks near upper edge, otherwise in very good condition with a strong violet-brown tone. Lit.: Lothar de MaiziÞre/Antonius Jammers (eds.). Bevor Berlin zur Weltstadt wurde - die Residenz in Fotografien von Leopold Ahrendts. Berlin 2001, ill. p. 34 (similar view).