Albrizzi Canal at S. Apollinare

Category

Library Item

Item no

24921

Title

Albrizzi Canal at S. Apollinare [Rio Albrizzi a Apollinere]

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 book seller,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:
"On the right is the Bragadin Palace, once the residence of the patrician family of that name; on the left is part of the palace of the Baglioni, celebrated printers who, in 1714, were admitted to patrician rank".

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