About this artwork
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artist:Carlo Ponti (about 1822 - 1893) Italian
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title:Palazzo Ducale verso la Piazzetta [Ducal Palace and Piazzetta, Venice]
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Carte de visite
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object type:
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accession number:PGP 702.14
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Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti had studied photography in Paris in the 1840s. In 1852, he obtained a license to produce and sell photographs in Venice. He ran the first of the big photographic businesses in the city, producing albums with architectural views of Venice. Ponti became known as the inventor of camera...