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Nel segno di Venezia: The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli Donation
29 drawings from a recent donation, from Palma il Giovane's 16th century to Carlevarijs, Ricci, Canaletto and Tiepolo, shown in the first-floor portego.
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Five small sheets by Luca Carlevarijs show Venetians at work, women deep in conversation, and men sitting or standing about. They were his cast: the figures he later placed in his painted views of the city.
They are part of 29 drawings that Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli, president of the Venetian textile firm Rubelli, gave to the city's civic print and drawing collection. You find them in the portego, the long central hall of the first floor, in two groups. The 16th century is Palma il Giovane, including the study for a Doge's Palace canvas that no longer exists. The 18th century brings a Sebastiano Ricci in black chalk, two sheets by Gaspare Diziani, a Tiepolo caricature and two Canaletto studies for views.
There is no separate ticket: the drawings are included in the €15 Ca' Rezzonico admission (€7.50 reduced). The museum is closed on Tuesdays, and from 1 November it shuts at 17:00, last entry 16:00.
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Five small Carlevarijs sheets show Venetians working, chatting and loafing: the stock figures he later dropped into his painted city views. Twenty-nine drawings in all, from Palma il Giovane to a Tiepolo caricature, in the first-floor portego.
Look for
Carlevarijs's five figure studies
Look for working Venetians, chatting women and idle men sketched one by one, the stock figures he later dropped into his painted city views.
Palma il Giovane, Christ Tempted by the Devil
A pen and brown-wash sheet showing Christ confronted by the devil, drawn for a Doge's Palace canvas that has since been lost.
Sebastiano Ricci's Temptations of Saint Anthony
A black chalk study for the painting, built up with dense, vigorous hatching to set the light and shadow.
Tiepolo's caricature
A satirical figure from the Valmarana album, done in a handful of ink strokes by the painter of the ceilings in the rooms around it.
Good for
- Locals Who've Seen It All
- Nerding Out
- Rainy Days
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You want paintings: this is 29 works on paper, many of them small preparatory studies.
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- Nel segno di Venezia: The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli DonationCourtesy of Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento Veneziano
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- Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersCourtesy of Palazzo Grassi
- Leiko Ikemura. TransLucent — La forma della luce© Leiko Ikemura. Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen
- Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento VenezianoDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo GrassiDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Scuola Grande di San RoccoDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Casa di Carlo GoldoniSailko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
- Gallerie dell'AccademiaDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0