Bridge of Sighs / Carlo Ponti
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- Accession Number
- 1995/1.73
- Title
- Bridge of Sighs
- Artist
- Carlo Ponti
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- (1820 - 1893)
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850-1899
- Credit Line
- Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
- Inscription
- Blind stamped on mount, l.c.: "Carlo Ponti/Venezia" Verso, printed in black ink, l.c.: "N. 62 Ponti dei Sospiri/Style de la decadence, bâti par Antonio Contino en/1597, plus que 10 metres sur la superficie du canal. Sans/importance historique, son nom est seulement une de cel-/les dénominations expressives, qui sont tant comunes/en Italie. la façade du palais ducal est la plus interessante, qu'il y a Venise dans le style de la re-/naissance"; r.c.: "The bridge of sighs was built by Antonio Contino/1597 in the style of the decline, more than 30 feet above/the canal. it has no reference to the political system/of the republic and is therefore without peculiar interest/for history. State prisoners as Carmagnola, Foscarini and/others were kept in the dungeons of the Doges palace/ whi st the prisons connected by the bridge of sighs with/the palace were used only for common offenders as/murderers, thiefs, incendiaries etc. The interior is divi-/ded into two passages, independent of one another./Lord Byron rescued it from oblivion in the 4th canto/of Child Harold's Pilgrimage, which begins:/I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs/A palace and a prison on each hand, etc."; u.l. corner: "B530,6"
- Dimensions
- 35.3 cm x 25.9 cm (13 7/8 in. x 10 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- cityscapes
- europe
- flat-bottomed watercraft
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- italy
- locality
- monohulls
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- urban life
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- waterscapes
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 859 x 1177
- File Size
- 120 KB
- Record
- 1995/1.73
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"Bridge of Sighs; Carlo Ponti." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1995-sl-1.73/1995_1.73.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
