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Carlo Ponti

Italian/Swiss, (ca. 1823–1893)
Carlo Ponti was an Italian photographer and optician. After learning photography while working as an optician's assistant in Paris, Carlo Ponti moved to Venice, Italy, around 1852. He opened a shop selling optical equipment as well as architectural views of Venice, Padua, and Verona and reproductions of works of art. Ponti also invented optical instruments designed to allow a greater experience of three-dimensionality in two-dimensional photographs, including the megalethoscope, the graphoscope, and the alethoscope, which was variously called a dioramascope or pontioscope. In 1866 Ponti was appointed optician and photographer to the king of Italy.


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Image of Corte del Palazzo ducale Veduta generale (View of Venice)

Corte del Palazzo ducale Veduta generale (View of Venice) 1980.16.27

Image of Molo dall' Hotel Danieli Colla Salute (View of Venice)

Molo dall' Hotel Danieli Colla Salute (View of Venice) 1980.16.30

Image of Monumento di Bartolomeo Colleoni (Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice)

Monumento di Bartolomeo Colleoni (Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice) 1980.16.26

Image of Palazzi Giustiniani Vescovi e Foscari (Palace Foscari)

Palazzi Giustiniani Vescovi e Foscari (Palace Foscari) 1980.16.29

Image of Palazzo dei Dogi o ducale Veduta generale (Doge’s Palace, Venice)

Palazzo dei Dogi o ducale Veduta generale (Doge’s Palace, Venice) 1980.16.25

Image of Palazzo Doro

Palazzo Doro 1980.16.28

Image of Panorama dalla Cupola della Salute verso da Riva degli Schivaoni (View of Venice)

Panorama dalla Cupola della Salute verso da Riva degli Schivaoni (View of Venice) 1980.16.23

Image of Piazza S. Marco dalla Chiesa (St. Mark’s Square)

Piazza S. Marco dalla Chiesa (St. Mark’s Square) 1980.16.24

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