Other Restorations
Church of San Samuele | Church of San Lio | Monumental Arch | Cornaro Chapel | Saint Mark Healing the Cobbler Anianus | Four Wooden Poles | Façade of Scuola Dalmata | Sarcophagus of Giovanni Priuli | Marco Polo Arch | Tombstones, New Jewish Cemetery, Lido |   Bernabò Chapel and Relief of the Coronation of the Virgin | Photographs of Venetian Architecture and Sculpture  |  19th-Century Glass-Plate Negatives of Venice from the Ferdinando Ongania Collection  |  St. Martin and the Beggar  | Madonna with Child and St. Peter |  Crucifix

19th-Century Glass-Plate Negatives of Venice from the Ferdinando Ongania Collection

Medium: Glass-plate negatives
Treatment: Reconditioning, printing, and digitalization
Sponsor: Marcia Radosevich

Ferdinando Ongania published the book Calli e Canali in Venezia (Streets and Canals in Venice) and Isole della Laguna (Islands of the Lagoon) in 1893. Ongania compiled a permanent photographic record of life in Venice at that time. He worked with many photographers to capture the city and its people at all hours of the day, creating an important historical document. The Ongania Collection includes photos of buildings, churches, streets, and squares and often includes people and scenes of daily 19th-century life.

Save Venice is reconditioning, printing, and digitalizing 35 glass-plate negatives from the Ferdinando Ongania Collection.  The negatives belong to the Superintendency of Monuments Photo Archives in Venice.  Upon completion, the photos will become an important part of the Superintendency Photo Archives, where they will be available for study and consultation.

Photo: Superintendency of Monuments Photo Archives