---
type: press_release
title: "Viva Venezia!"
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/viva-venezia"
---

# Viva Venezia!

### The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century

17 February 2022 – 4 September 2022

[Press Kit Viva Venezia! (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Presskit_Venice_EN_0.pdf)

[Short press text Viva Venezia! (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-01/Shorttext_VivaVenezia_EN.pdf)

[Pressekurztext Viva Venezia! (DE)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-01/Kurztext_VivaVenezia_DE.pdf)

![Chioggia vor Sonnenaufgang — Giuseppe Canella the Elder, Chioggia before sunrise, 1838 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Giuseppe%20Canella%20der%20J%C3%BCngere_Chioggia%20vor%20Sonnenaufgang_1838%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg)

## Press Images 

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Giuseppe%20Canella%20der%20J%C3%BCngere_Chioggia%20vor%20Sonnenaufgang_1838%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg) 

Giuseppe Canella the Elder, Chioggia before sunrise, 1838

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-06/1121.jpg) 

Pietro Fragiacomo, Venice ("Fra sole e luna"), 1908

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-06/2188.jpg) 

Ludwig Johann Passini, Pumpkin grocer, 1876

© Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-06/2536.jpg) 

Jakob Alt, San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, 1834

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-06/3040.jpg) 

Michelangelo Grigoletti, I due Foscari, before 1843

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-06/3560.jpg) 

Franz Leo Ruben, Motif of Venice, 1877

© Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Leopold%20Carl%20M%C3%BCller%2C%20Blick%20von%20Mestre%20auf%20Venedig_1871%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg) 

Leopold Carl Müller, View from Mestre to Venice (Lagoon landscape), 1871

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Anton%20Romako_M%C3%A4dchen%20an%20einem%20Fenster%20zum%20Markusplatz_um%201875%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg) 

Anton Romako, Mädchen an einem Fenster zum Markusplatz, Tauben fütternd, um 1875

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Hans%20Makart_Venedig%20huldigt%20Caterina%20Cornaro_1872-73%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg) 

Hans Makart, Venice renders homage to Caterina Cornaro, 1872–1873

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Joseph%20Carl%20Berthold%20P%C3%BCttner_Nachtfahrt%20in%20der%20Lagune_1857%20%C2%A9%20Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg) 

Josef Carl Berthold Püttner, Night-sailing in the lagoon, 1857

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-1.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-3.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-4.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-5.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-7.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/Viva%20Venezia%20Presse-8.jpg) 

Exhibition view "Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century"

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

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#### Media Relations 

##### Petra Fuchs 

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E-Mail: [**p.fuchs@belvedere.at**](mailto:p.fuchs@belvedere.at)

## Related exposition

[**Viva Venezia!**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/viva-venezia) — The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century — 17 February 2022 - 4 September 2022 — Exhibition — Lower Belvedere
