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The '''Barbaro family''' is a ] ] family. Famous members include the brothers ] and ], who were patrons of the architect ] and the painter ].<ref>Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in ''Great Houses of Europe'', ed. ] (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6</ref>. This branch built a country home at ] - the famous ] designed by ]. By the end of the 18th century, this branch's male line died out: the family's two other branches survive today. <ref>Hobson, p. 93.</ref> The '''Barbaro family''' is a ] ] family. Famous members include the brothers ] and ], who were patrons of the architect ] and the painter ].<ref>Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in ''Great Houses of Europe'', ed. ] (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6</ref>. The family built a country home at ] - the famous ] designed by ]. <ref>Hobson, p. 93.</ref>


== History == == History ==


The Barbaro family is documented as holding high office in the ] as early as the ninth century,<ref>Hobson, p. 91.</ref> although no member was ever ]. Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the ] and as ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aqui0.htm | title="The Patriarchate of Aquileia" | accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref> Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the ]. Four were ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aqui0.htm | title="The Patriarchate of Aquileia" | accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref>


A Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the ] in 1494. * ] - Patriarch from 1491-1493
* ] - Patriarch from 1550-1570
* ] - Bishop from 1585-1593, Patriarch from 1593-1616
* Ermolao II Barbaro - Bishop from 1596-1616, Patriarch from 1616-1622

A Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the ] in 1494. {{cn}}


In the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large ] of ] design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second ] palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turismo.provincia.venezia.it/turismoambientale/cd_1/itinerari/Guggenheim/cabarbaro.html | title="Ca' Barbaro" (Italian) | accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref> In the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large ] of ] design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second ] palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turismo.provincia.venezia.it/turismoambientale/cd_1/itinerari/Guggenheim/cabarbaro.html | title="Ca' Barbaro" (Italian) | accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref>


The church of ] houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro ancestral device, a red circle on a white field, granted in the 12th century after Admiral Marco Barbaro cut off the hand of a ] and placed it on the man's turban which he then flew from his ] <ref>''The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto'', Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165 </ref>. The family is also honoured on the facade of another Venetian church, ], which was rebuilt by them to provide a family crypt.<ref>Tafuri, Manfredo, ''Venice and the Renaissance'', trans. Jessica Levine (Cambridge: ], 1989). ISBN 0262700549</ref> The church of ] houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro ancestral device, a red circle on a white field, granted in the 12th century after Admiral Marco Barbaro cut off the hand of a ] and placed it on the man's turban which he then flew from his ] <ref>''The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto'', Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165 </ref>.


The Barbaro family ] supported the ] of the church of ], which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo. <ref> Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4. </ref> The Barbaro family ] supported the ] of the church of ], which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo. <ref> Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4. </ref>

Revision as of 15:54, 30 August 2009

"The Glorification of the Barbaro Family" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Barbaro family is a patrician Venetian family. Famous members include the brothers Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who were patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese.. The family built a country home at Maser - the famous Villa Barbaro designed by Palladio.

History

Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua. Four were Patriarchs of Aquileia.

A Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the Palazzo Dario in 1494.

In the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large Palazzo Barbaro of Gothic design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second Baroque palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.

The church of San Francesco della Vigna houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro ancestral device, a red circle on a white field, granted in the 12th century after Admiral Marco Barbaro cut off the hand of a moor and placed it on the man's turban which he then flew from his masthead .

The Barbaro family Albergo supported the Scuola Grande of the church of San Rocco, Venice, which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo.

References

  1. Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in Great Houses of Europe, ed. Sacheverell Sitwell (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6
  2. Hobson, p. 93.
  3. ""The Patriarchate of Aquileia"". Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  4. ""Ca' Barbaro" (Italian)". Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  5. The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165
  6. Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4.

Notable members

Notes

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