Year: 1900
Material: Vintage citrate print
Signature: No 
Edition: n 735 noted on the verso
Frame: NO
Total size including mat: 49 x 39 cm 
Image size: 23 x 17 cm
Condition: Fair 

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (Wismar, 1856 – Taormina, 1931) was a German photographer known for his erotic images of adolescent boys. Often featuring subjects wearing togas and headdresses in staged poses, his works were inspired by Classical Greek and Roman art, as well as mythology. His work was considered controversial during his life and many of his glass plate negatives and prints were destroyed in acts of censorship by the Facist police. In addition to the classical-inspired tableaux vivant, Von Gloeden also shot portraits of the Taorminesi and Sicilian landscapes. The postcards with his images contributed largely to the development of tourism both in Taormina (visited in those years by D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, and other great intellectuals) as well as the whole of Sicily.