Ongania Calli E Canali In Venezia 1891

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The Canal of S. Marina ONG1 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	S. Canciano's Canal, and old Ferry to Murano ONG4 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110

Albrizzi Canal at S. Apollinare ONG13 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	Priuli Canal ONG5 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110

S. Fosca's Canal ONG14 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	S. Sophia's Canal ONG19 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95

Albrizzi Palace and Canal ONG6 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110	Bernardo Canal of St. Paul's ONG11 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Court of the Ducal Palace, and Giants' Staircase ONG33 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	Carta Gate and angle of the Ducal palace ONG31 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95


View taken from the Veneta Marina bridge ONG86 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	S. Mark's Basin ONG73 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110

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Ferdinand Ongania Streets and Canals in Venice 1891

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It is with great pleasure that we present these hauntingly beautiful original photogravures of a bygone era in Venice, from the first and only Italian edition of Calli E Canali in Venezia. Ferdinando Ongania was an antiquarian book seller, with a shop in St. Mark's Square, Venice. His love of Venice inspired him to record the architecture of his beloved city, but Calli E Canali in Venezia was surely his masterpiece. St Mark’s Museum in Venice had an exhibit in 2011 celebrating Ongania’s work.

These beautiful, finely produced original photogravures on creamy, luxurious thick paper reveal a Venice of a bygone era that has been lost forever. It captures a more serene time in the nineteenth century before the annual invasion of 15 million tourists that the city now experiences. The luminous photogravures, in subtle black and sepia tones, portray an idyllic world of palazzos, canals, and bridges where scenes of enchanting beauty were part of everyday life.

Antique Venice Original Photogravures by Ongania, 1891

Ferdinand Ongania Streets and Canals in Venice 1891