The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural institution in Venice , Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family , Conte Giovanni Querini (Count John Querini). Architect Carlo Scarpa designed interior, exterior, and garden elements and spaces on the ground floor of the historic building.
6-779: The foundation is located in the Palazzo Querini Stampalia and includes living quarters, an archive, a library, and a museum of paintings and furnishings, the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia . Located just South of the Church of Santa Maria Formosa in the sestiere Castello , the Foundation is open to the public for academic research. The museum has a substantial art collection, specially of masterpieces of Venetian Baroque and Rococo , including paintings by Giovanni Bellini ( Presentation at
12-600: Is an art collection and museum in Venice , Italy . Situated inside the Palazzo Querini Stampalia, in the sestiere of Castello , on the left bank of the Grand Canal , it includes famous paintings as a self- portrait and Adam and Eve by Palma Giovane , a Sacra Conversazione by Palma Vecchio and a Madonna and Child by Bernardo Strozzi . It also holds prized drawings by Giovanni Bellini , Raphael , Paolo Veronese , Titian , and Tintoretto . The picture gallery
18-429: Is displayed within twenty rooms on the second floor of the palace which also contains furniture, a large public library, porcelains and musical instruments, along with works by artists ranging from the 14th-18th century. The palazzo was renovated from its original state before the 1960s. From 1961–1963, Carlo Scarpa restored parts of the building, while changing others. Scarpa created a series of islands, and allowed
24-537: The Temple ), Pietro Longhi , Giandomenico Tiepolo , Giulio Carpioni , Federico Cervelli , Matteo Ghidoni , Pietro and Alessandro Longhi , Pietro Muttoni , (also called della Vecchia), and Marco and Sebastiano Ricci among others. Particularly prized are the arcadian landscapes, genre scenes, and Longhi's series on the Seven Sacraments . The museum also hosts some more modern works, including from
30-537: The donation of the post-impressionist Venetian artist Eugenio Da Venezia . As well as a collection of artworks, Da Venezia gave funds to be used to build a collection of twentieth-century art representing Venice. There is also a collection of books and papers donated by the Venetian poet, Mario Stefani . The Biblioteca della Fondazione Querini Stampalia , the Foundation Library, is open even on Sundays,
36-519: The only one of its kind in the city, from 10 AM to 7 PM. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful public libraries in the city. Count Giovanni, in his testament in 1868, wished to ensure that the Library was open even when other libraries in the city were closed. 45°26′11″N 12°20′28″E / 45.436278°N 12.341069°E / 45.436278; 12.341069 Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia The Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia
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