Palazzo Contarini-Sceriman, Venice
The Palazzo Contarini-Sceriman, also called Palazzo Seriman ai Gesuiti, is a 14th-century palace in the Sestiere of
Gesuiti
.
History
The palace was originally erected by the
San Moise
.
It was near this palace and the nearby bridge that, around 1675, the aristocrat Leonardo Loredan, descendant of a Doge, was found dead in a boat. The unexplained death was the source of many rumors, claiming accidental death, murder by relatives, or murder by the Inquisitors of the Republic.
The palace housed for a time the Accademia degli Industriosi, a salon of literature and debate, until it moved to the academy of industrious, before conveyed in
Emperor Leopold I. The family had gained importance in Venice during the 17th century. In 1850, Giovanni Battista Sceriman willed the palace to the Institute Manin. In 1884, it became the home of the Casa generalizia dell'Istituto delle Ancelle di Gesù Bambino.[1]
The palace has undergone a number of reconstructions, leading to an eclectic combination of various styles, including
Venetian Gothic. Another facade on Rio dei Sartori has similar windows. The main entrance stairwell was painted with the Apotheosis of the Sceriman Family by the school of Tiepolo.[2]
References
- ^ Archivio veneto, Issue 3, part 1, Tipografia del Commercio di Marco Visentini (1872): page 121-122.
- ^ Liceo Scientifico Statale Giovanni Battista Benedetti Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, entry on Armenian Sceriman family.