The Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia is an art collection and museum in Venice

Venice

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, Italy

Italy

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. Situated in the sestieri of Castello

Castello, Venice

Castello is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice, Italy. The district grew up from the thirteenth century around a naval dockyard on what was originally the Isole Gemini, although there had been small settlements of the islands of San Pietro di Castello , also called Isola d'Olivolo, since at...

, on the left bank of the Grand Canal, it includes famous paintings as a self- portrait and Adam and Eve by Palma the Younger, a Sacra Conversazione by Palma the Elder and a Madonna and Child by Bernardo Strozzi

Bernardo Strozzi

Bernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....

. It also holds prized drawings by Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it...

, Raphael

Raphael

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

, Paolo Veronese

Paolo Veronese

Paolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...

, Titian

Titian

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...

, and Tintoretto

Tintoretto

Tintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...

.

The picture gallery is displayed within twenty rooms on the second floor of the palace which also contains furniture, porcelain

Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...

s and musical instruments, along with works by artists ranging from the 14th-18th century.

History

The palazzo

Palazzo

Palazzo, an Italian word meaning a large building , may refer to:-Buildings:*Palazzo, an Italian type of building**Palazzo style architecture, imitative of Italian palazzi...

 was renovated from its original state before the 1960s. From 1961–1963, Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa , was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan. Scarpa was also a glass and furniture designer of note....

 restored parts of the building, while changing others. Scarpa created a series of islands, and allowed the water to come into the lobby space. He also restored the idea of a courtyard

Courtyard

A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court....

 garden

Garden

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 behind the building, with an abstracted rill fountain

Fountain

A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....

. Later additions (1993–2003) are by Mario Botta

Mario Botta

Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. He studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano.-Career:...

. The palace also houses the Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Fondazione Querini Stampalia

The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural structure in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of Conte Giovanni , the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family.-Location:The site of the Foundation, located between St...

, which sponsors a prominent library and contemporary art expositions.

Collections

Among the artists from before the 19th century are the following artists and paintings:

Painter	Work	Date
Anonymous genre painter, based on etching of Vincenzo Coronellia,	Skaters on frozen lagoon at Fondamenta Nuove in 1708
Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it...	Madonna & Magi
Giulio Carpioni Giulio Carpioni Giulio Carpioni was an Italian painter and etcher of the early Baroque era.Born probably in Venice, Carpioni studied under Alessandro Varotari and was also influenced by the work of Simone Cantarini, Carlo Saraceni and Jean Leclerc. He came into contact with Lombard art after a brief visit to...	Banchetto degli Dei (Banquet of the Gods)
Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...	Self-portrait
Vincenzo Catena Vincenzo Catena Vincenzo Catena was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school.He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. His name is known from an inscription on the back of Giorgione's painting of Laura. Little else is known about the life of the painter.-Sources:**...
Carlo Ceresa Carlo Ceresa Carlo Ceresa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period active mainly around Bergamo.-Biography:...	Portraits
Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli was an Italian painter, born in Milan, who established his workshop in Venice at the age of about thirty. He initially trained with Pietro Ricci . His first documented and dated painting is a Sacrifice of Noah conserved at Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo...	Pan & Siringa
Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli was an Italian painter, born in Milan, who established his workshop in Venice at the age of about thirty. He initially trained with Pietro Ricci . His first documented and dated painting is a Sacrifice of Noah conserved at Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo...	Orfeo & Euridice
Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli Federico Cervelli was an Italian painter, born in Milan, who established his workshop in Venice at the age of about thirty. He initially trained with Pietro Ricci . His first documented and dated painting is a Sacrifice of Noah conserved at Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo...	Warrior before architectural plans of a fortress
Lorenzo di Credi Lorenzo di Credi Lorenzo di Credi was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor. He first influenced Leonardo da Vinci and then was greatly influenced by him.-Life:...
Girolamo Forabosco Girolamo Forabosco Girolamo Forabosco or Gerolamo Forabosco was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was active in Padua and his birthplace of Venice, where he was enrolled in the Venetian Fraglia dei Pittori between 1634-39 and paid taxes in Venice from 1640-44. He was a pupil of Alessandro Varotari , and...
Nicoló Frangipane	Baccanale (Bacchanal)
Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, due to his dotty and flashy brushstrokes. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.-References:...  (Matteo dei Pitocchi)	Zuffa di Contadini (Peasant Meal)
Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, due to his dotty and flashy brushstrokes. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.-References:...  (Matteo dei Pitocchi)	Il Medico Ciarlatano (Charlatan Doctor or Quack)
Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, due to his dotty and flashy brushstrokes. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.-References:...  (Matteo dei Pitocchi)	Festa Campestre Presso un Castello (Peasants celebrate near castle)
Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni Matteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, due to his dotty and flashy brushstrokes. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.-References:...  (Matteo dei Pitocchi)	Festa Campestre Presso una Casa (Peasants celebrate near house)
Luca Giordano Luca Giordano Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....	Leucippo & Democritus
Giovan Battista Langetti Giovan Battista Langetti Giovanni Battista Langetti , also known as Giambattista Langetti, was an Italian late-Baroque painter. He was active in his native Genoa, then Rome, and finally for the longest period in Venice....	Diogenes & Alexander
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	Il Ridotto	1757-60
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	La furlana (Dance of the Furlana)	c. 1750-55
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	La famiglia Sagredo (The Sagredo family)	c. 1752
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	La lezione di geografia (Geography Lesson)	c. 1750-52
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	Sette Sacramenti (7 Sacraments: Baptism, Ordination, Confession, Confirmation, Communion, Marriage, & Extreme Unction	1755-57
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	La frateria di Venezia (Seminary)	1761
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	Le tentazioni di Sant'Antonio (Temptations of St. Anthony)	1761
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	Il casotto del leone (Circus)	1762
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	Scene di cacci (Hunting Scenes)	1765-60
Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...	La famiglia Michiel (Michiel family portrait	c. 1780
Andrea Medulich Andrea Schiavone Andrea Meldolla , also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea Lo Schiavone was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher, born in present-day Croatia, active mainly in the city of Venice.-Biography:...  (Il Schiavone)	Conversione Di S. Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul)
Bartolomeo Nazari Bartolomeo Nazari Bartolomeo Nazari was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, mainly active in Venice as a portraitist.Born in Clusone, near Bergamo. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under Angelo Trevisani, but visited in 1723 the Roman studio of Angelo's brother, the Venetian Francesco Trevisani, and then...	Portrait of Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini
Palma il Vecchio	Portraits
Palma il Giovane	Portrait
Palma il Giovane	Donato and Caterino
Marco Ricci Marco Ricci Marco Ricci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the nephew of Sebastiano Ricci. After receiving his first instruction in art from his uncle, he visited Rome, where he was for some years occupied in drawing vedute....	Three rustic landscapes
Marco Ricci Marco Ricci Marco Ricci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the nephew of Sebastiano Ricci. After receiving his first instruction in art from his uncle, he visited Rome, where he was for some years occupied in drawing vedute....	Armelina
Marco Ricci Marco Ricci Marco Ricci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the nephew of Sebastiano Ricci. After receiving his first instruction in art from his uncle, he visited Rome, where he was for some years occupied in drawing vedute....	Portrait of a gentleman
Francesco Rizzo Da Santacroce Francesco Rizzo Da Santacroce Francesco Rizzo da Santacroce was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo and Venice. He was a pupil of either the painter Giovanni Bellini or Vittore Carpaccio.-References:...	L'adorazione Dei Magi (Adoration by Magi)
Antonio Stom (attributed)	La partenza del Bucintoro (Departure of the Bucintoro)
Antonio Stom (attributed)	La Guerra Dei Pugni (Fist-fight on a bridge)
Matthias Stom Matthias Stom Matthias Stom or Matthias Stomer was a Dutch golden age painter, considered being one of the masters of the Utrecht Caravaggism. Besides Stom and Stomer he has been referred to as Matthias Stohom / Stomma, Matheo Schem and Matteo Tomar...	Military Camp
Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....	Madonna Col Bambino
Alessandro Varotari Alessandro Varotari Alessandro Varotari , also commonly known as il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-mannerist and early-baroque Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, and Bartolommeo Scaligero.-Biography:Born in Padua, hence his nickname, he was the son of the...  (Il Padovanino)	La Giusticia e la Pace (Allegory of Justice & Peace)
Giambattista Tiepolo	Portrait of a Dolfin Procuratore & General of the Sea(?)
Michele Giambono Michele Giambono Michele Giambono was an Italian painter and mosaicist of the Early Renaissance in Venice. Giambono's style, in general, remains archaic and iconic, and seems generally unaffected by Florentine experimentation with perspective and dimensionality of figures...  (or Titian)	Allegory of Justice and Peace
Cassana Cassana The Cassana were a family of Italian Baroque painters of the 17th and early 18th centuries.Family members included:*Giovanni Francesco Cassana , baroque painter of the Genovese school....
Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...	Allegories of Dawn, Noon, & Night	c.1698
Pietro della Vecchia Pietro della Vecchia Pietro della Vecchia was an Italian painter also known as Pietro Muttoni. Born in Vicenza , he likely trained with Alessandro Varotari, called Padovanino, deriving a notable interest in Venetian masters such as Titian and Giorgione. Until 1984, he was mistakenly referred to as Pietro Muttoni... (Pietro Muttoni).	Four idyllic landscapes (Passeggiata, Concerto, Incontro e Congedo degli amanti)