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Gondola Veneziane [The Venetian Gondola]
Unknown, 1893, Photogravure
Gondola Veneziane [The Venetian Gondola]
Gondola Veneziane [The Venetian Gondola]
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Item no
24918
Title
Gondola Veneziane [The Venetian Gondola]
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1893
Size
35.0 x 23.5 cm
Type
Photogravure
Location
Art and Design Library
Ferdinando Ongania [1842 - 1911] was an Italian antiquarian bookseller, with a shop in St. Mark's Square in Venice. From 1861 until his death in 1911 he devoted himself almost entirely to the printing of illustrated art books. His love of Venice inspired him to record the architecture of his beloved city.
Description for this print from the original index page from the publication:
"The name is said to have been derived from the Greek word kondy. They were originally light embarcations, but in the centuries of splendour their magnificence became so extravagant that the Senate passed a law reducing them almost to their original simplicity, and providing that they be all painted black, with black furniture, as at present. Notwithstanding their lugubrious appearance they are general favourites as no other form of boat adapts itself so readily and perfectly to the exigences of the tortuous canals, none glides so swifly and with such easy motion under the impulse of a single oar".
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Streets and Canals in Venice
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