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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000159

Page Title: The Scala Giganti

Collection: William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection

Album: Volume 44: Venice.

Call no.: 4098B.104 v44 (p. 12)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Photographer: Salviati, Paolo

Genre: Scrapbooks; Albumen prints

Extent: 1 photographic print mounted on page : albumen ; page 33 x 39 cm.

Description: Scrapbook page contains one photograph of the Scala Giganti at the Palazzo Ducale. Annotated information describes the site's architecture as well as the artworks found there.

Transcription: The Scala dei Giganti so called from the colossal statues of Mars and Neptune leads from the Cortile into the Palace. It was built by the architect Antonio Rizzo in 1485. The statues were made by Jacopo Sansovino in 1554. At the head of these stairs the Doges were crowned with the words "Accipe coronam ducalem ducatus Venetorum." It is considered by some persons to be "the finest staircase in the world."

Notes: Page description supplied by cataloger, derived from captions and/or annotated information.; Caption on image: Scala Giganti e Architettura Rizzo, Venezia

BPL Department: Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions.

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  • Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library BPL
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1891—1894

  • Flickr upload date: 2009-08-21 11:44:31
Source Flickr: The Scala Giganti
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William Vaughn Tupper

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