Ongania Calli E Canali In Venezia 1891

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Saint Mark's Cathedral from the Piazzetta ONG45 $195 Sale Price: $95	Column in the piazzetta Saint Mark ONG21 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95

"Ca di Dio" Canal ONG37 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	S. Trovaso Canal, Contarini Palace ONG10 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92


Church of S. Jeremiah, Labia Palace on the Grand Canal ONG52 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95	The Greeks' Canal, from the Pieta Bridge ONG68 ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95


Our Lady of the Garden Church ONG26 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $75	Bell-Tower of S. Salvatore's Church ONG92 ~~$175~~ Sale Price: $90


S. Toma's Canal and Ferry, and the Centani Palace ONG75 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92	The Grimani Canal, at S. Luca's ONG94 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92


Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal ONG81 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92	Canal near S. Felice ONG84 ~~$175~~ Sale Price: $90


Antonino Canal, Pieta Bridge ONG42 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92	S. Mark's Piazzetta as seen from the summit of the Lion's Column ONG79 ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $110


Ariani Palace, Archangel Raphael's Canal ONG24 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $75	Grimani Palace, Grand Canal ONG53 ~~$185~~ Sale Price: $92


Tintoretto's house ONG88 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $82	Abbey Embankment ONG70 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $82

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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 Architecture Views by Ferndinand Ongania, 1891

Ferdinand Ongania Streets and Canals in Venice 1891