The canvas of The Triumph of Virtue and Nobility over the vice of Ignorance, by Giambattista Tiepolo, is located in the Sala Tiepolo on the first floor of Ca’ Rezzonico. The work was executed between 1744 and 1745 for Palazzo Barbarigo in Santa Maria del Giglio and purchased by the City of Venice in 1936… Continue reading RESTORATION OF THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE AND NOBILITY OVER THE VICE OF IGNORANCE CANVAS BY GIANBATTISTA TIEPOLO AT MUSEO CA’ REZZONICO
The fresco of The Triumph of Poetry by Gaspare Diziani is located on the ceiling of the Sala dei Pastelli on the first floor of Ca’ Rezzonico. On the occasion of the wedding between Ludovico Rezzonico and Faustina Savorgnan, celebrated in 1758, the leading painters of the time were commissioned to decorate the ceilings… Continue reading THE RESTORATION OF GASPARE DIZIANI’S TRIUMPH OF POETRY AT MUSEO CA’ REZZONICO
Antonio Guardi is one of the great masters working in the field of history painting in Venice during the eighteenth century. His father Domenico, also a painter, lived for some years in Vienna, where Antonio was born in 1699. Two years later, the family moved to Venice and here Antonio stayed and worked for the… Continue reading ANTONIO GUARDI: the restoration of four frescoes at MUSEO CA’ REZZONICO
VIF has made a considerable contribution to the restoration projects in Palazzo Fortuny. The Foundation has dedicated its energies to the emblematic and extraordinary figure of Fortuny in the place that most represents him: his workshop in the Museo di Palazzo Fortuny. MODEL OF THE TEATRO DELLE FESTE Realised in 1912, it was conceived in… Continue reading MISSION FORTUNY
Thanks to a quick response, the notes of Vivaldi and Beethoven and other priceless volumes were saved from the high water of 12 November 2019. President Giovanni Giol: ‘Thanks to their efforts, nothing was lost’. The notes marked out in ink seemed to dissolve on the wet paper. The thin twine bindings no longer… Continue reading The Cotisso Award to the Angels of the ‘acqua alta’ at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello
Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Cabinet of Drawings and Prints ALBERTO CRAIEVICH director of the Drawings and Prints Cabinet of the Fondazione Musei Civici of Venice. The Drawings and Prints Cabinet of the Fondazione Musei Civici of Venice preserves an outstanding testimony of Italy’s neoclassical art and culture. This is The Cicognara Album which… Continue reading The Cicognara Album
Complex, variegated and international, the project is the VIF’s largest grant to date. Started in 2012 with the intention of organically arranging the works of Canova in the Museo Correr, it has expanded over time to involve other museums and cross the borders of Venice and Italy, reaching as far as the United States. And… Continue reading Canova Project
Restoration of the mosaic of the Cupola della Creazione (Dome of the Creation) in St Mark’s Basilica The Cupola della Creazione (Dome of Creation) is located in the narthex of St. Mark’s Basilica, the space between the exterior of the basilica and the place of worship proper Significant damage caused by time, but above all… Continue reading ON THE WINGS OF ANGELS
Restoration of the gilding on the ceiling of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace The Sala del Maggior Consiglio (Great Council Chamber) is the largest in the Doge’s Palace and measures approximately 1350 square metres. The current ceiling dates from 1584 and was built after a devastating fire in 1577 had severely… Continue reading GLEAM TEAM
The restoration of Giandomenico Tiepolo’s frescoes from the villa in Zianigo The first restoration funded by the VIF back in 1998 was on the large fresco of ‘Il Mondo Novo’ (The New World) by Giandomenico Tiepolo. The success of the initiative and the excellent results obtained from the restoration led the VIF’s members to… Continue reading SATYRS, CENTAURS AND PULCINELLAS
