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Carlo Ponti

[Studio Portrait: Man Carrying Cello or Large Stringed Instrument, Venice]

1860s–70s
Albumen silver print with applied color
9.4 × 6 cm (3.7 × 2.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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