Fondazione Querini Stampalia
16th century palace restored by renowned contemporary architects. Displays the historical furniture and art of the family. Area for temporary art exhibitions; library.
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Original entrance hall to the apartment on the second floor of the sixteenth century Palazzo. It was used for receptions and parties. The decoration in fresco and stucco in neoclassical style dates to the last radical transformation of Ca’ Querini between 1789 and 1797 on the occasion of the marriage in 1790 between Alvise Querini and Maria Teresa Lippomano.
The ceiling frescoes by Jacopo Guarana (Venice, 1720-1808) represent a message of good augur for the Querini family and the newly married couple.
The highly festive polychrome chandelier (ca. 1870) is composed of a metal structure covered with blown Murano glass and a complicated structure of decoration in the forms of coloured and colourless glass leaves and flowers.
The seven marble busts are created by Michele Fabris, known as l’Ongaro (ca. 1644 - 1684), one of the most important sculptors the Veneto in the second half of the seventeenth century.
(From information in the Querini Stampalia Foundation Museum Guide)
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
16th century palace restored by renowned contemporary architects. Displays the historical furniture and art of the family. Area for temporary art exhibitions; library.