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Due to the Venetian tradition that, when leaving their post, magistrates would leave a religiously themed painting and a portrait in their former office, the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi came to house numerous artworks. Sometimes these paintings expressed social-political notions of civic virtue. These
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Kölmel, Nicolai: The Queen in the Pawnshop: Shaping Civic Virtues in a Painting for the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Venice.In: Burghartz et al: Sites of Mediation. Connected Histories of Places, Processes, and Objects in Europe and Beyond, 1450–1650. Brill, Leiden 2016. doi:
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The palazzo was built in the fifteenth century and finished in 1488. From 1525 to 1528 it was enlarged according to a design by
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Hamilton, Paul C. The Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Venice. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 42 (1983) 258–271.
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The three-storey palazzo has a pentagonal floor plan which follows the shoreline of the Grand Canal. It has tall windows with
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Hamilton P.C., “The Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Venice”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 42 (1983) 258–271.
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N. Kölmel: The Queen in the Pawnshop: Shaping Civic Virtues in a Painting for the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Venice. p. 99
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Cottrell, Philip: Corporate Colors: Bonifacio and Tintoretto at the Palazzo Dei Camerlenghi in Venice
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P. Cottrell: Corporate Colors: Bonifacio and Tintoretto at the Palazzo Dei Camerlenghi in Venice
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The palazzo currently houses the regional main offices of the Italian
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Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, with the Rialto Bridge visible on the left.
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Renaissance
palazzo
Venice
Italy
sestiere
San Polo
Canal Grande
Rialto Bridge


Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Guglielmo dei Grigi
Mauro Codussi
Pietro Lombardo
Camerlenghi di Comun
Comptroller and Auditor General
centrings
French occupation
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Rialto Bridge
Canal Grande
Palazzo dei Dieci Savi
Cottrell, Philip: Corporate Colors: Bonifacio and Tintoretto at the Palazzo Dei Camerlenghi in Venice
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