[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice]
ca. 1875
![[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice] by Carlo Naya](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/night-view-of-the-grand-canal-venice-270389.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 16 3/8 × 21 1/8 in. (41.6 × 53.7 cm) Sheet (approx): 17 3/8 × 22 1/8 in.
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of Emily Delafield Floyd, 1961
Accession Number
61.568.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the flickering glow of 19th-century lamps, Carlo Naya's *Night View of the Canal, Venice* (ca. 1875) captures the eternal allure of Venice's most iconic waterway. This albumen silver print from a negative, measuring nearly 21 inches wide, showcases Naya's mastery as a pioneering Venetian photographer. Active in the mid-1800s, Naya in architectural views of his adopted city, producing detailed images that served as souvenirs for Grand Tour travelers and early documentarians. The albumen process—using egg whites to bind light-sensitive silver salts—yielded the era's sharpest, richest tones, m...