Mother and child
Photographer: Nestor Heck was the most famous photographer of Iassy / Iași in the XIXth century.
It seems that he was born in Esztergom, Hungary. Between 1846-1850 he is said to have been daguerrotypist in Transylvania. He began working in Iași, in 1850, and continued there his job, until his death in June 1912. For a period (? late 1850's - 1860's), he worked together with his brother Ion Heck (under the brand was "Heck Frères").
He had several addresses. The data concerning them is scarce and sometime confusing. The main reson for confusion is that the Main Street from Iași (Grand Rue, Strada Mare) has many segments that were later called differently and that he had different addresses on that street. I will try to put some order of the facts that I found out (mostly in I.Mitican books) about this matter, up to now:
- His first known studio was located on Sfântul Spiridon Street (in the Renicke Chethner house) (?-1872);
- after 1872, he moved to a second studio, in a vault of the houses of the banker Neuschotz ("Dughenele băncii"); though the building was the first on the Golia street (future numbers 83 and 85), as it was on the corner with the Grand Rue, the address (mentioned on the CDV reverses- see the reverse of this one) was Strada Mare (Grand Rue); it seems that on the night of 30-31 January 1890, this building was damaged by a fire, so Heck had to move.
- temporarily, after the fire he moved, for a short period of time in the hotel across the street (at that time called "Europa");
- later he moved, for good, on the segment of the Grand Rue (Stada Mare) that later was called the Lăpușneanu street (no.42) (in the houses of Elena Pastia, a photostudio formerly run by Schivert and Bisenius).
His studio was active even after his death in 1912; it was run by Salvador Scutari, but the brand Heck was maintained until 1921.
Many historical portraits of the classics of Romanian literature are due to the Nestor Heck studio (Alecsandri, Creangă, Eminescu). In 1889, he received a Diploma of Honour of the International Exhibition in Paris.
Date: 1873-1874
Location: Iassy / Iași Romania
The portrayed: unknown mother and child (from the Stoica album)
Format: CDV
(By courtesy of Mrs. Corciovescu)
Mother and child
Photographer: Nestor Heck was the most famous photographer of Iassy / Iași in the XIXth century.
It seems that he was born in Esztergom, Hungary. Between 1846-1850 he is said to have been daguerrotypist in Transylvania. He began working in Iași, in 1850, and continued there his job, until his death in June 1912. For a period (? late 1850's - 1860's), he worked together with his brother Ion Heck (under the brand was "Heck Frères").
He had several addresses. The data concerning them is scarce and sometime confusing. The main reson for confusion is that the Main Street from Iași (Grand Rue, Strada Mare) has many segments that were later called differently and that he had different addresses on that street. I will try to put some order of the facts that I found out (mostly in I.Mitican books) about this matter, up to now:
- His first known studio was located on Sfântul Spiridon Street (in the Renicke Chethner house) (?-1872);
- after 1872, he moved to a second studio, in a vault of the houses of the banker Neuschotz ("Dughenele băncii"); though the building was the first on the Golia street (future numbers 83 and 85), as it was on the corner with the Grand Rue, the address (mentioned on the CDV reverses- see the reverse of this one) was Strada Mare (Grand Rue); it seems that on the night of 30-31 January 1890, this building was damaged by a fire, so Heck had to move.
- temporarily, after the fire he moved, for a short period of time in the hotel across the street (at that time called "Europa");
- later he moved, for good, on the segment of the Grand Rue (Stada Mare) that later was called the Lăpușneanu street (no.42) (in the houses of Elena Pastia, a photostudio formerly run by Schivert and Bisenius).
His studio was active even after his death in 1912; it was run by Salvador Scutari, but the brand Heck was maintained until 1921.
Many historical portraits of the classics of Romanian literature are due to the Nestor Heck studio (Alecsandri, Creangă, Eminescu). In 1889, he received a Diploma of Honour of the International Exhibition in Paris.
Date: 1873-1874
Location: Iassy / Iași Romania
The portrayed: unknown mother and child (from the Stoica album)
Format: CDV
(By courtesy of Mrs. Corciovescu)