Ca' Pesaro
Ca 'Pesaro is a baroque palace on the Grand Canal in Venice. It is located in the Santa Croce district at the confluence of the Rio delle Due Torri in the Grand Canal.
History
The immensely rich Doge Giovanni Pesaro had his family by will be obliged to build the palace begun by Baldassare Longhena done. For this project, 12,000 ducats were provided. The massive building is located at a place where the family owned three houses Pesaro. After the death of the Doge in 1659 was the design of his tomb in the Frari Church for ten years priority, and only grandson, the procurator Leonardo Pesaro, succeeded Longhena return back to work at the palace. 1673 the facade was begun in 1676 and started the piano nobile with the state rooms. 1682 Longhena died, and the building was completed by his pupil Antonio Gaspari in 1710, the original plans were adhered to.
The palace then passed into the possession of degrees Nico family, then in the Mechitarists over. Finally, the building was purchased by the family Bevilacqua. Felicita Bevilacqua bequeathed the palace in 1899 the Municipality of Venice with the condition that the town set up working and exhibition for young artists of the avant-garde.
Description
The Marble Palace protrudes slightly into the Grand Canal. Remarkably, the value exported, curved side facade is for you Rio delle Torri. At the articulated facade with columns you can see the traditional vertical division three older palaces little more. The facade is decorated with rich decorations such as reliefs and grotesque masks. You can imagine the magnificent interior, almost nothing of the remains today.
The Galleria Internazionale d' Arte Moderna ( German: International Gallery of Modern Art) in the Palazzo Ca 'Pesaro is housed on the first floor, the piano nobile. There are, among others, works by Gustav Klimt, Pierre Bonnard, Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Giorgio Morandi, di Chirico and Umberto Boccioni to find. There are graphics and sculptures shown that have won at the Biennale prices and were purchased by the city.
On the second floor another museum housed the Museo d' Arte Orientale is ( German: Museum of Oriental Art). It is home to around 30,000 objects from Japan ( armory, Inro, Netsuke, works of Koryusai, Harunobu, Hokusai, etc. ), China and Indonesia come. This collection was compiled by Prince Henry of Bourbon -Parma during a stay in Asia and became the property of the Italian State at the end of the 19th century.