Acquired by the Institute of Art History in 2007, the collection belonging to Franca Zava (1920-2009), professor of art at the University of Padua, contains all the documentary material produced by the scholar, such as proofs, transcriptions, and notes related to her research on Venetian painting; correspondence with antique dealers, collectors and other art historians; and, lastly, a collection of 1,400 photographs used as illustrations in publications, including a monograph on Giambattista Pittoni (1979), and a book on the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1965).