Luca Beltrami, Venice, il Fondaco dei Turchi, Etching, 1877

Venice, il Fondaco dei Turchi is an original Modern artwork realized by Luca Beltrami (1854 - 1933) in 1877. Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard. Mint conditions. The etching depicts an important monument in Venice: the Fondaco dei Turchi. The palace dates back to the 13th Century: it was built around 1225 on commission by Giacomo Palmieri, consul of the Pesaro municipality and identified as the founder of the Pesaro family. Luca Beltrami He initially attended the Brera Academy, which he abandoned to follow Camillo Boito in the Higher Technical Institute. In 1876, he moved to the Paris School of Fine Arts and dedicated himself to study trips. He came back to Milan two years later and became a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Polytechnic. Famous in the field of restoration, he is responsible for much of the current appearance of Piazza della Scala in Milan. It created the most important buildings on the sides not occupied by the Theater: Palazzo Beltrami (1886), Palazzo de La Permanente (1886), Palazzo Marino facade (1888-1892), Palazzo della Banca Commerciale (1923-1927) . He also carried out numerous restorations of medieval and Renaissance buildings (Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Rocca Sforzesca in Soncino, bell tower of San Marco in Venice). Other famous works include the Central Synagogue of Milan (1892) and the New headquarters of Corriere della Sera (1904).