Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace
The bedroom here exhibited was the principal one of the palace. It was decorated probably by the stucco-workers Carpoforo Mazetti and Abondio Stazio, whose names and the date 1718 appear on the stucco-work in the connecting apartment on the floor above. In the antechamber, fluted Corinthian pilasters support an entablature out of which fly amorini bearing garlands of flowers. Other amorini bear the gilded frame of a painting by Gasparo Diziani, depicting dawn triumphant over night. Above the entry to the alcove seven amorini frolic, holding a shield with the monogram of Zaccaria Sagredo. A paneled wood dado with a red-and-white marble base runs around the room. The unornamented portions of the walls are covered with seventeenth-century brocatelle. The bed alcove has its original marquetry floor.The ceiling is attributed to Gasparo Diziani of Belluno.
In the reconstruction of the room the original condition has been preserved as far as possible, but a certain amount of repainting and regilding was necessary. The window frames, the paneled wood dado, and the terrazzo floor are modern. The brocatelle on the walls is of the period but not original. The curtains are modern. The marble door-frames are almost identical with the original, but come from another building, the Palazzo Lezze.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace
- Artist: Stuccowork probably by Abbondio Stazio (Swiss (active Italy), Mossagno, near Lugano 1663–1745 Venice)
- Maker: and Carpoforo Mazzetti Tencalla (Swiss (active Italy), Bissone 1685–1743 Venice)
- Date: ca. 1720 or later
- Culture: Italian, Venice
- Medium: Wood, stucco, marble, glass
- Dimensions: H. 25 ft. 2 in. (767.1 cm), W. 18 ft. 2 in. (553.7 cm), D. 13 ft. 2 in. (401.3 cm)
- Classification: Woodwork
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1335.1a–d
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Audio
2306. Venetian Bedroom
Gallery 507
LUKE SYSON: This extraordinary room is from the Palazzo Sagredo in Venice and was installed there around 1718 by the owner at the time, Zaccaria Sagredo, one of the most affluent patricians in Venice; he was an art collector and was very well known for his entertainment.
WOLFRAM KOEPPE: The room in which we are now came out of the Palazzo Sagredo in Venice and was installed there around 1718 by the owner at the time, Zaccaria Sagredo, who was a very affluent patrician in Venice and an art collector and very well known for his entertainment. It was a parade bedroom, that means most likely he did not really sleep here. If you look to the right of the bed head, you see a door and also on the other side. And these may have led to a mezzanine above, where the actual bedroom was located. In the morning, the owner would come down and would use this room for his ceremonial dressing that he had -- but also have his morning coffee and the breakfast.
LUKE SYSON: At the same time, he would receive important visitors.
WOLFRAM KOEPPE: You see the original floor, which is inlaid with a very beautiful ornament. Above the bed, in the center of the dome, you see relief depicting Venus. You have this wonderful drapery.You could think that all of this is fabric where all the little angels are flying around and holding up the curtain. But as a matter of fact, it's stucco work. It can't move. If you look up right above your head, you see a painting that is showing the dawn, the morning. And it is sort of pushing the night aside.
LUKE SYSON: This was one of the museum’s first period rooms. It entered the collection in 1906. Today, the Venetian palace it came from serves as a hotel.
WOLFRAM KOEPPE: As you leave this magnificent room, please have a look above the door from the outside, where you can see the family's coat of arms.
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