Palazzo Seriman
Palazzo Seriman (also Palazzo Contarini Sceriman ) is a palace in Venice in the Italian region of Veneto . It is located in the Cannaregio sestiere on the Salizada Seriman with a view of the Rio del Gozzi .
history
Francesco Sansovino speaks of this palace when, after mentioning the Palazzo Zen ai Gesuiti , he adds that from there on this side of the bridge is the Palace of the Contarinis , which was already created by the house `` Dolce ''. A source from 1466 cites that this property was perhaps built a few years earlier by Pietro Como on behalf of the Dolce family and then later fell to Contarina Contarini , the wife of Piero Priuli Michiel . On May 31, 1638, the family of Alberto Gozzi bought the property and made it their home, after which it was called "dalla seda" (English: at the seat [of the family]), as this is also a silk cloth shop on Calle dei Toscani owned in Rialto . The Gozzis , who belonged to a noble family from Bergamo , came to Venice in the 16th century and were accepted into the patriciate with Alberto Gozzi in 1546. In 1698 they died out; Her last offspring was another Alberto Gozzi , whose widow, Adriana Donà , retired to the Capuchin monastery in the Castello sestiere and renounced the usufruct of all of her properties. She also put this palace up for sale, which the Seriman or Sceriman family then bought in 1725 . This family came from Armenia , from the city of Isphahan (now Iran ) and ended up in Venice at the end of the 17th century to avoid persecution by the Ottomans . She supported the Republic of Venice with the immense sum of 72,000 ducats to help finance the war against the Turks , and thus bought into the Venetian nobility.
The building, which for several years was the seat of the Accademia degli Industriosi , which later moved to the Palazzo Morosini del Giardino ai Santi Apostoli , now belongs to a religious institute ( Casa Generalizia delle Ancelle di Gesù ).
description
It is and a building of considerable dimensions that shows the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance . For example, the geometric distribution of the window openings and the capitals of the quadruple windows on the main floor are more in the style of the Renaissance, the windows on the mezzanine floor are from the 16th century, as well as the portal to the Salizada, but you can also find the keel arches with three- passes or the magnificent ones Twisting of the corner pillars towards the canal. Probably the palace originally had a U-shaped floor plan with a small inner courtyard and a simple staircase, where today there is a partially bricked-up Venetian window on the facade facing the canal .
Behind the palace there is a beautiful garden where the Palazzo Venier once stood, which was demolished in the 19th century; the inner courtyard of this palace was once decorated with statues of Bernardo Falconi .
Inside the palace there is an interesting, baroque staircase designed by Antonio Gaspari , who also redesigned the garden facade at the end of the 17th century. The ceiling of the staircase is decorated with an “apotheosis of the Sceriman family”, painted by a follower of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (perhaps Il Bartolo ), but which is also partially attributed to the former. There are also two paintings by Sebastiano Ricci inside : Elizier and Rebecca at the well from the 18th century and Moses defending the daughters of Jitro from the 17th century.
Individual references and comments
- ↑ From Tassini we read: “The Sceriman or Seriman family from Ziulfa d'Isphahan, where they erected temples and great buildings full of honors and riches for the spreaders of the Gospel, flourished under the surname Sarath. But they left their homeland because they were victims of cruel persecution and fled to Italy at the end of the 17th century. "
- ↑ G.Tassini: Curiosità veneziane . Pp. 314, 597.
- ↑ Seriman Contarini . In: VeniceWiki . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
swell
- Marcello Brusegan: La grande guida dei monumenti di Venezia . Newton & Compton, Rome 2005. ISBN 978-88-541-0475-4 . P. 334.
- Venezia - Guida Rossa . Touring Club Italiano. P. 510.
- G. Bellavitis: Itinerari per Venezia . P. 336.
- G. Tassini: Curiosità veneziane . Venezia, Filippi, Venice 1988. pp. 314, 597.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 31.8 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 17.5 ″ E