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Galleria V.E. (Milano)
Creator
Carlo PontiItalian Maker · 1823–1893
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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,
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- about 1865
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
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- Italian
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- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
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