Located in the former Venetian residence of the Querini Stampalia family, the Querini Stampalia Foundation Museum is a superb example of a preserved historic house. Having been open to visitors since 1869, the museum showcases collections of rare, antique paintings, ceramics, furniture, sculptures, celestial and terrestrial globes and stucco decorations. Tickets are currently priced between 10 and 15 Euros and residents of the Municipality of Venice can visit for free on Sundays. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Images: Giovanni Bellini, Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple, c. 1469, tempera on wood, 80 x 105 cm, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Wikimedia Commons.
Rezzonico Chandelier, c.1870, Murano glass, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Wikimedia Commons.
Sebastiano Bombelli, Portrait of the Procurator Girolamo Querini, c. 1669, oil on canvas, 236 x 161 cm, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice.
Vincenzo Catena, Judith, 1520-25, oil on panel, 82 x 65 cm, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Orazio Marinali, Boy in Hat, c. 1710, marble, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Andrea Schiavone, Conversion of Saul, 1540-45, oil on canvas, 205 x 265 cm, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Orazio Marinali, Old Man, c. 1710, marble, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Jacopo Palma (known as Palma Vecchio), Portrait of Francesco Querini
1527-28, oil on panel, 88 x 72 cm, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Pietro Longhi, Duck Hunters on the Lagoon, c. 1760, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Querini Stanpalia, Venice. Wikimedia Commons.
Giuseppe Salviati, The Raising of Lazarus, 1540-45, oil on canvas, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Web Gallery of Art.
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