Ca' Rezzonico, is a Venetian palace designed by Baldassare Longhena and located in the Dorsoduro district. It is one of the grandest of the palaces on the Grand Canal. A seventeenth and eighteenth century building, it is owned by the City of Venice and is home to the Museo del Settecento Veneziano (Museum of Eighteenth-Century Venice), which is understandable, as it is a truly stunning example from the period.
Filled with collections of period architecture and art, boasting ceilings frescoed by Tiepolo, the last home of poet Robert Browning and a one-time home to the studio of painter John Singer Sargent, it is a multi-faceted and fascinating space that has a long history and lots to offer. It is also probably one of the only places to experience a Grand Canal palazzo's interior outside of the Biennale festival. If you're an interiors lover or have been to Venice plenty of times, it is a perfect spot to spend some hours wandering around in awe. Just find a vacation rental in Venice and drop by to go back to the 18th century.
Filled with collections of period architecture and art, boasting ceilings frescoed by Tiepolo, the last home of poet Robert Browning and a one-time home to the studio of painter John Singer Sargent, it is a multi-faceted and fascinating space that has a long history and lots to offer. It is also probably one of the only places to experience a Grand Canal palazzo's interior outside of the Biennale festival. If you're an interiors lover or have been to Venice plenty of times, it is a perfect spot to spend some hours wandering around in awe. Just find a vacation rental in Venice and drop by to go back to the 18th century.
A specific route is signposted, leading you through the building and museum rooms, beginning in the stunning ballroom, decorated in trompe l’oeil by Pietro Visconti and with a frescoed ceiling by Giovan Battista Crosato, and moving through a series of formal reception rooms, several of which still have Giambattista Tiepolo's famous original ceiling frescoes.
You then move upstairs, where there is more of a focus on works of art on the upper floors, with artists represented such as Canaletto, Pietro Longhi and Francesco Guardi.
The building is also home to pieces and entire rooms salvaged from other distressed 18th century Venetian palazzos, including a whole frescoed ceiling by Tiepolo called the “Allegory of Merit” that was saved from the Palazzo Barbarigo and a Chinois-style salon saved from the Palazzo Calbo-Crotta.
You then move upstairs, where there is more of a focus on works of art on the upper floors, with artists represented such as Canaletto, Pietro Longhi and Francesco Guardi.
The building is also home to pieces and entire rooms salvaged from other distressed 18th century Venetian palazzos, including a whole frescoed ceiling by Tiepolo called the “Allegory of Merit” that was saved from the Palazzo Barbarigo and a Chinois-style salon saved from the Palazzo Calbo-Crotta.
Come explore the marble staircase, gilded ballrooms, frescoed ceilings, sumptuous boudoirs, beautiful works of art, historic Murano glass objets d'art and other antiques, take in the views over the canal from the top floor and grab a coffee in the cafe on the ground floor. For those interested in quiet relaxation and staying off the beaten tourist track, it is an ideal attraction in Venice!
Photo credits
picture 1: Didier Descouens / CC BY-SA 4.0;
picture 2: Michele Rienzo / CC BY-SA 4.0;
picture 3: Sailko / CC BY 3.0
picture 1: Didier Descouens / CC BY-SA 4.0;
picture 2: Michele Rienzo / CC BY-SA 4.0;
picture 3: Sailko / CC BY 3.0
