Project Description
Triumph of Poetry, Gaspare Diziani,
Museo di Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
project
restoration of the fresco Triumph of Poetry by Gaspare Diziani
location
Museo di Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
project director
Musei Civici Veneziani;
Monuments and Fine Arts Office of Venice
contractor
Officina,Venice
funding
Venetian Heritage
start date
November 2003
end date
March 2004
cost
€ 12.000,00
Venetian Heritage contributed to the restoration of the ceiling fresco Triumph of Poetry, painted in 1757 by Gaspare Diziani for the Room of the Pastels at Ca’ Rezzonico. The fresco depicts a personification of Poetry surrounded by personifications of Painting, Architecture, Music and Sculpture, while a putto armed with a torch brings about the downfall of Ignorance. Before restoration, the entire fresco was covered with a dark layer probably of oil, intended to be protective, applied during a restoration made in the 19th century. After cleaning, the original vibrant colours gave the ceiling that exuberant vitality typical of the Venetian Rococò.