The collection of the Fototeca Regionale includes about 2,000 photographs of works of art belonging to the collections of the Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa.
The photographs document the pages of the renowned Antonio Canova Albums, now in the Prints and Drawings Cabinet, and those of the Riva Collection, donated to the city of Bassano by Count Giuseppe Riva of Padua. Lastly, the photographs document a collection of Canova’s plaster casts and sculptures in the museum collections by various artists (such as Vincenzo Gemito, Medardo Rosso and Luigi Zandomeneghi).
The photographs were taken in various stages between 1975 and 1979.
Many of the items concerning the town of Bassano can already be viewed by consulting the online catalogue.