Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Venezia

Il restauro della colonna del Leone in piazzetta San Marco

La donazione Neff per l’Archivio Disegni

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Abstract

The Neff donation consists of a series of materials related to the restoration of the Lion (Chimera) in Piazzetta San Marco (1892): drawings signed L. Vendrasco, photos by G.B. Brusa, a bronze fragment of the Lion and a letter from 1917, signed Mathilde Auckley Donoho. They where donated in 1900 to R.G. Donoho, the American painter, by L. Vendrasco, master-restorer of Palazzo Ducale and of the columns of San Teodoro and of the Lion. Other figures of Americans can be associated with this context: Etta Macy, connected to Vendrasco, also friend of Eleonora Duse and cited by D’Annunzio; or Franklin Torrey, the American Consul in Florence.


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Submitted: July 10, 2025 | Published Dec. 17, 2025 | Language: it

Keywords Nineteenth century • Piazzetta San Marco • Americans in Venice • Bronze Lion Column • Restoration • Venetian art copies

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