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The Rezzonico and Balbi palaces, on the Grand Canal
Unknown, 1893, Photogravure
The Rezzonico and Balbi palaces, on the Grand Canal
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Item no
24999
Title
Palazzi Rezzonico e Balbi sul Canal Grande [The Rezzonico and Balbi palaces, on the Grand Canal]
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1893
Size
35.0 x 23.5 cm
Type
Photogravure
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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 Rezzonico Family, who were inscribed on the Roll of Venetian Patricians in 1687, entrusted, in 1752, the erection of this Palace to Giorgio Massari, one of the best architects of his time, and the result was worthy of the family which numbered Pope Clement XIII among its members. When the Emperor Joseph II visited Venice in 1769, the Republic gave a grand concert in his honor in the halls of this palace, said to be the finest that had ever been heard in the city. This palace was purchased by the poet Browning who died there in 1889, an event commemorated by a marble tablet placed by the Municipality on one of the outer walls, and which contains the following inscription: ROBERTO BROWNING Morto In Questo Palazzo Venezia Pose. 'Open my heart and you will see graved inside of it 'Italy.'
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