The Ca' Rezzonico

This Grand Canal palazzo houses the Museo del '700 Veneziano, or Museum of 18th-Century Venice

* Ca' Rezzonico
Fondamenta Rezzonico 3136, Dorsoduro
Vaporetto: Ca' Rezzonico. (Go straight, turn right across Campo S. Barnaba, cross a footbridge, turn right again.)
tel. +39-041-241-0100
www.museiciviciveneziani.it
Book tickets: Select Italy
Open 10am-6pm (5pm Nov–mar)
Closed Tuesdays
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With Museum Pass: free

Ca' Rezzonico tours
• Context: Casanova’s Venice

Sights nearby
*** Grand Canal (sight)
** Scuola Grande di San Rocco (sight)
*** Accademia (museum)

Where to eat nearby
Enoteca Cantinone Già Schiavi (snack)
Trattoria Ai Cugnai (meal)

Hotels nearby
Hotel Palazzo Stern (€€€–€€€€)
Hotel Ca' Centopietre (€€)
Reid Recommends Hotel Pensione Accademia (€€€–€€€€)
Hotel Pausina (€€)
Casa Rezzonico (€€)
Locanda Matir (€€)
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The Ca' Rezzonico in Venice.
The Ca' Rezzonico in Venice. (Photo by Adriano.)This handsome 17th-century canalside palazzo, designed by Baldassare Longhena (who also did the Ca' Pesaro and Santa Maria della Salute church), reopened in 2001 after major renovations.

The Rezzonico offers an intriguing look into what living in a grand Venetian home was like in the last days of the grand Republic. It's a splendid backdrop for a collection of period paintings (especially works by Tiepolo, Guardi, and Longhi), furniture, tapestries, and artifacts.

Pope Clement XIII (Carlo Rezzonico).
Pope Clement XIII
(Carlo Rezzonico). This museum is one of the best windows into the sometimes frivolous life of the Venice of 200 years ago, as seen through the tastes and fashions of the wealthy Rezzonico merchant family (who bought the place in 1751, a few years before Carlo Rezzonico was elevated to become pope Clement XIII).

The ballroom alone, lavishly frescoed by Giovanni Battista Crosato and Pietro Visconti, will evoke the lifestyle of the idle Venetian rich.

Be on the lookout, toward the end of the museum, for a series of paintings by Pietro Longhi depicting everyday Venetian life as it was in the 18th century.

Paintings by Pietro Longhi
The Perfume Seller and The Alchemists by Pietro Longhi.The Rezzonico line died out in 1810, but the palazzo had a bit of history left to make. The great artist Whistler stayed here in 1879–80.

After Elizabeth Barrett Browning died, her son Pen bought the palace in 1888 and moved in with his grieving father, the English poet Robert Browning, who died here in 1889.

It's been open to the public since 1936.

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