[MOUNTAINS - Carpathian Mountains - Pieniny - Red Monastery and Three Crowns - scenic, situational photography - shot in cdv format]. ...

[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Pieniny - Red Monastery and Three Crowns - scenic, situational photograph - cdv shot]. [l. 70s of the 19th century?]. Photograph form. 5.5x8.3 cm on original backing form. 6.1x10.6 cm, by A[wit] Szubert in Kraków.
It depicts a road by the Dunajec River leading towards the monastery complex - one of the most famous religious buildings in the Pieniny Mountains. In the background are the Three Crowns, the highest peak of the Central Pieniny. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with narrow red frame. Imprint in the lower right corner of the photo. On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment printed: "Krupnicza Street A.Szubert No 17 in Cracow". Identification inscription in pencil on the back. Very good condition.
A. Szubert (1837-1919) - painter, photographer, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (student of W. Łuszczkiewicz and W. Stattler), in Rome and Vienna. One of the first Tatra photographers. He photographed mainly the Tatra Mountains and Pieniny. He opened establishments in Oświęcim (1864), in Cursalon in Szczawnica (1865-1866) and in Cracow (1867-1882 at 17 Krupnicza Street) and again in Szczawnica (1882-1909). In 1876 the photographic establishment at 17 Krupnicza Street was awarded a medal of progress at a photographic exhibition in Brussels. Between 1893 and 1913 the establishment was run by his son Awit, and between 1913 and 1914 by his wife Amalia. From the 1870s he also photographed works of art, mainly paintings.