Gaetano Zompini (engraver; 1700-1778)
Gaetano Zompini was a Venetian painter and engraver, famous for his prints of common people on the streets of Venice.
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The game of Calcio
The Venetians played ball games of various kinds. The game of Calcio is the one sounds most modern, but it wasn’t exactly like it’s played today. Far from it, in fact.
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Ink and Rat Poison
Is there a connection between writing ink and rat poison, as some images from the 1700s seem to indicate?
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Memoria (translation) — Gaetano Zompini
The commemorative preface to the 1785 edition of “Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia” by Gaetano Zompini.
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Memoria (original) — Gaetano Zompini
The commemorative preface to the 1785 edition of “Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia” by Gaetano Zompini.
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Gaetano Zompini and the trades of Venice
The “Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia”, by Gaetano Zompini, is a fantastic source for how people appeared on the streets of Venice in the mid-1700s.