Ongania Calli E Canali In Venezia 1891

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The Cathedral of S. Mark ONG32 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: SOLD	The canal of S. Trovaso ONG38 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95


Cappello and Grimani Palaces at S. Paul, on the grand and S. Paul canal ONG29 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	Vendramin-Calergi Palace and Saints Ermagora and Fortunato on the Grand Canal ONG25 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92


Church and school of the Misericordia abbey ONG87 ~~$175~~ Sale Price: $90	Waiting for the Regatta, or Boat Race, Rialto Bridge ONG54 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: SOLD


The Grand Canal, Custom House, and Church of S. Maria della Salute ONG76 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110	The Venetian Gondola ONG100 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110


The "Riva degli Schiavoni" or the Dalmatian's Embankment ONG99 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	Basin of S. Mark ONG20 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95


The Grand Canal from the Carita Embankment ONG67 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110	The bridge of St. Job ONG85 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110


Trinity or, as it is commonly called S. Ternita's Square ONG64 ~~$175~~ Sale Price: $90	The Square of SS. Giovanni e Paolo and the Colleoni Monument ONG78 ~~$175~~ Sale Price: $90


St Jerome's Canal ONG8 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $82	Grand Canal, Cutom House ONG76 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $82


Ferry, St Ermagora Church ONG7 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $75	Guidecca Island Canal ONG50 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $75


Bottessala Canal, Boat Building ONG12 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	St Trovaso's, Boat Building ONG15 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65

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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.

Calli E Canali in Venezia, Venice Views by Ferndinand Ongania, 1891

Ferdinand Ongania Streets and Canals in Venice 1891