Palazzo Minotto-Barbarigo
Palazzo Minotto-Barbarigo is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Sestiere of San Marco , overlooking the Grand Canal, next to the Palazzo Corner della Ca 'Granda .
history
After Gregorio Barbarigo's marriage to the brilliant and educated Caterina Sagredo in 1739, the most famous artists of the time, including Giambattista Tiepolo , Francesco Fontebasso , Gerolamo Mengozzi-Colonna and Carpoforo Mazzetti, were called to take over the palace in both its Byzantine part (formerly Palazzo Minotto ) as well as the one from the 17th century, connected for a long time.
In 1741 Mengozzi-Colonna, an outstanding quadrature painter from Ferrara , was rewarded for painting the house chapel, which was located in a wall recess and closed with two wooden doors. In 1742 Mengozzi-Colonna also worked in the Protego , the central salon, where he provided the drawings for the very beautiful Venetian terraces.
1741 the famous Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo realized the amazing Monochrome and two of the lintels that the large oil paintings La Virtu e la Nobilita vincono l'Ignoranza frame (ignorance defeat virtue and nobility), which is kept in the original at Ca 'Rezzonico today and was replaced by an excellent copy from the 20th century.
The Barbarigo family died out in 1804 with the death of the brilliant salon lioness Contarina Barbarigo , and the palace was inherited by Marcantonio Michiel's family . Today the main floor with all its beautiful, baroque furnishings belongs to the Franchin family and is the prestigious seat of the Musica a Palazzo . This cultural association has been located on the main floor since 2005, where it stages opera performances inspired by the principles of the Salotto Musicale of the 19th century.
description
The building consists of two structures that were united in the 17th century: the older part, seat of the Musica a Palazzo , was originally the Palazzo Minotto , a Gothic building from the 15th century with Byzantine friezes from the 12th century, while the Palazzo Barbarigo is the more modern part, which was built in the 17th century.
Inside there are wonderful walnut veneered doors from the time of Louis XIV with bronze handles made from vine leaves.
The entire picturesque decoration symbolizes the cultural interests of the couple from “Gregorietto” and Caterina Sagredo , who were young married at the time. Four monochromes show the sciences: history, astronomy, geography and astrology. The other four with mixed linear frames represent the arts: painting, sculpture, music and poetry. Tiepolo painted frescoes of merit and abundance on the overhangs. This cycle shows the influence of classicism , which in those years established itself in the city on ornamental motifs, antique, sculptural pieces, sarco frames, amphorae and vases, united in the "Olympic grace" of the figures shown. This painting depicts the magnificence of Giambattista Tiepolo's autograph works. The living room was defined as the room of “saggezza” (wisdom) precisely because it enhanced the client's vision: the entire monochrome cycle celebrates the arts and sciences that Convey well-being and nobility. In the central painting, which Tiepolo created in 1744/1745, next to the female figures, the nobility and virtue, a page with the train of nobility appears, a portrait of the painter's son, Giuseppe Maria . To his left is the face of another person, which could be the artist's self-portrait. In her case, the figure of ignorance draws a winged creature with it who holds the bat, the symbol of vice, both conquered by virtue and nobility, a popular theme that delighted clients. Stylistically, the illustration shows the maturity achieved by Tiepolo with a high quality of execution, taking into account the Veronese models.
Carpoforo Mazzetti , student of Abbondio Stazio , both from Ticino , created the stucco work in the alcove in the Rocaille style, consisting of the central room for the bed and the two side wings with small doors decorated with mirrors. The coat of arms in the middle room is decorated with shield-bearing putti with twisted shoulders and a view into the alcove. Marzetti also created the stucco work of the dining room, which depicts a mythological scene in pale pastel tones and brightly colored animals that have effects of pronounced realism.
swell
- Hugh A. Douglas: Venice on Foot . Originally published by Methuen in 1925. New edition in facsimile of READ BOOKS, 2008. ISBN 1443731668 . P. 277.
- Alison Bing: Venice Encounter . Lonely Planet, 2009. ISBN 1741049970 . P.56.
- Ileana Chiappini di Sorio: Venetian punch. Palazzi esclusivi e dimore segrete a Venezia . Balto, Vicenza 1999.
- Elementi per la Ricostruzione dell'attività artistica di Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna in Bollettino dei Musei Civici Veneziani , 1983–1984.
- Annalisa Piana Bistrot: Ritornano a Palazzo Barbarigo i monocromi di Giambattista Tiepolo in Arte Veneta . No. 49 (1996).
- Michelangelo Muraro: L'Olympe de Tiepolo in Gazette de Beaux-Arts . 1960.
- Marina Magrini: Il Fontebasso nei Palazzi Veneziani in Arte Veneta . 1974.
- Filippo Pedrocco: Ca 'Rezzonico, museo del Settecento veneziano, Venezia . Marsilio, 2001. p. 78: Illustration.
- Giuseppe Tassini: Curiosità veneziane, ovvero Origini delle denominazioni stradali di Venezia . Filippi, Venice 1990.
Web links
- Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Minotto Barbarigo . In: venezia.jc-r.net . Retrieved September 23, 2019.
Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 54.3 " N , 12 ° 19 ′ 55.6" E