CA' D'ORO AND GALLERIA FRANCHETTI
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Superb collection of works of art in an elegant house, in Venetian Gothic style.
A visit to the Ca'd'Oro, a superb example of Venetian Gothic, begins with a vaporetto ride along the Grand Canal. This is the best way to admire its façade in detail. Finely chiseled, it is adorned with ogival windows with delicate decorations. Built in 1420, on the order of a wealthy Venetian patrician, Marino Contarini, the Ca'd'Oro was famous in Venice for its façade covered with a patina of gold leaves (hence its name), as well as for its luxurious decoration of ultramarine and vermilion.
It was Baron Giorgio Franchetti, the last owner of the building, who, in 1916, donated his incredible collection of works of art to the Italian state. Furniture, paintings, medals, tapestries and sculptures are waiting to be discovered, along with church treasures and antique pieces of various origins.
Of particular interest are: Antonio Vivarini's Passion of the Christ (1st floor, room 1), a resplendent Gothic work, as well as Mantegna's painting Saint Sebastian - one of the artist's most dramatic creations - displayed in a marble chapel (1st floor, room 1) specially designed by Franchetti. The masterpieces room is also sublime, where you can admire Titian's Venus with Mirror (2nd floor, room 7). The Sleeping Venus, by Bordon, faces it. Further on, the Crucifixion by Van Eyck (room 11) and finally the elegant Portrait of Marcello Durazzo by Van Dyck (2nd floor, room 7).
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