Porta della Charta, der Eingang zum Dogenpalast

Porta della Charta, Entrance to the Doge's Palace, ca. 1858

PhotographerCarlo Ponti, Sagno 1820–1893 Venezia

MediumAlbumen print

State/print versionprinted ca. 1858

Image dimensions27,7 × 22,1 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThe photographer Carlo Ponti published widely popular collections of pictures of Venetian landmarks. The trade in tourist snapshots of the lagoon city was booming in the mid-nineteenth century. While this view of the Porta della Carta is a classic print, optical illusions were used in other images to bring their scenes to life. Ponti and his contemporaries were early contributors to the mass media dissemination of the idea of Venice that still exists in the popular imagination to this day.

AccessionGift 2019

Provenance[...]; 2019 erworben durch Schenkung von Kicken Berlin in Erinnerung an Rudolf Kicken

Inventory numberF.2019.460

Contact

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