Venice - Seminary Building and Art Gallery Seminario e Pinacoteca Manfrediniana

 
The Seminario Patriarcale to the left of the Church of Santa Maria della Salute houses the Pinacoteca Manfrediniana. The Seminario and the church were both designed by Longhena (1669).

The art collection of Marquis Federico Manfredini of Florence contains terracotta busts by Alessandro Vittoria (1515-1608), paintings by Antonio Vivarini (15th century), Cima da Conegliano, Konrad Laib and Filippini Lippi; a major work by Antonio Canova (1757-1822; a bust of Gian Matteo Amadei) and a ceiling-painting in the library, "Glory of the Sciences" (ca. 1720 by Sebastiano Ricci.

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