The church of S. Zechariah

Category

Library Item

Item no

24938

Title

The church of S. Zechariah [Chiesa di S. Zaccaria]

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.

The original church on this site was said to have been one those founded by Saint Magnus in the 7th Century. It was dedicated to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, whose bones were sent as a gift to Venice by the Byzantine Emperor Leo V while the church was being built.

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