“La Piazza di S. Marco” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
“Gran Consiglio” from the “Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane”, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.
About forty engravings from the early 1600s, with dresses, attires, ceremonies, feasts, regattas and much more.
Current digs in the Piazza San Marco reveal the ancient brick pavings of the square, as we know them from paintings.
“Il mermeo in giro” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Prigioni” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.