Pinacoteca Manfrediniana
Diocesan museum of Venice in the Seminario Patriarcale della Salute, with the painting collection of Marquis Federico Manfredini and sacred art.
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About the museum
The Pinacoteca takes its name from Marquis Federico Manfredini (Rovigo 1743 – Campoverardo 1829), who assembled the paintings during a long career in the service of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and in the years he spent in the Veneto countryside, where he retired in 1811. Having no family of his own, he stipulated in his will that most of the collection should be kept together in the Seminario Patriarcale in Venice, out of esteem for the city's patriarchs and because of his link with the canon Giannantonio Moschini, a scholar who looked after the artistic heritage of the former Republic of Venice.
The gallery comprises 65 paintings on canvas, panel and copper: works from schools of central Italy and Northern Europe, and old copies of famous originals now in the Louvre and the Hermitage. In the present display, three rooms also contain bas-reliefs, sculptures and paintings collected by Moschini or received by the seminary as gifts or inheritance. Other works can be viewed on request in the rooms of the seminary community and the Studium Generale Marcianum, or are in storage.
Since 2019 the Pinacoteca Manfrediniana has also been the Museo diocesano of the Patriarchate of Venice, reflecting the role the Salute area has taken on as a cultural hub for the Venetian Church.
Highlights
- Collection of 65 paintings by Marquis Federico Manfredini
- Works from schools of central Italy and Northern Europe
- Old copies of masterpieces in the Louvre and the Hermitage
- Bas-reliefs and sculptures collected by the canon Moschini
- Combined ticket including the Sacristy of the Basilica della Salute
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione Manfredini e opere del Seminario Patriarcale – Three rooms with paintings from the Manfredini collection, bas-reliefs, sculptures and works given to the seminary, as part of the diocesan museum route.
- Operated by
- Seminario Patriarcale di Venezia – Patriarcato di Venezia
- Visitors per year
- approx. 4,100
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €6Residents of the Comune di Venezia, ages 18–25, over 65s, journalists, students of the liceo artistico (arts secondary school), the Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) and cultural heritage courses |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission up to age 17. |
| Visitors with disabilities | –companion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and their companion. |
The ticket also gives access to the Sacristy of the Basilica della Salute. Admission is also free for clergy and for accredited students, researchers and scholars.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | To study works that are not on display, or to reproduce them, a written request must be sent to the Rector of the Seminario Patriarcale (pmanfrediniana@gmail.com), with a presentation of the research project. Reproductions also require authorisation from the Ufficio Promozione Beni Culturali (cultural heritage promotion office) of the Patriarchate. |
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