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Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo (14 July 1715 – 11 February 1772), was a
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aristocrat, a casino holder and somewhat notorious salonniére.


Biography

She was the daughter of Gerardo Sagredo of the aristocratic
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. She married twice: Antonio Pisaro in 1732, and Gregorio Barbarigo of the aristocratic
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in 1739. Her only daughter was Contarina Barbarigo. Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo was famous for her beauty and intellectual pursuits, was described as a skillful rider and became known for her travels. She hosted a literary salon counted among the most notable in contemporary Venice, and supported the inoculator Domeniceti.


The Casino case

Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo is also known for her conflict with the Venetian Inquisition. She operated a popular casino at the
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. Venice become famous for its casinos at this point. The clergy and the Inquisition found these businesses scandalous, because at the casinos, both men and women from the nobility could mix freely. In prior centuries, women of the Venetian nobility had seldom been allowed to congregate with men, but during the 18th century, this underwent a sharp contrast, a development which started when Chiara, Maddalena and Laura Contarini, daughters of doge
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, had stopped using the '' zoccoli'', a certain type of shoe used by the Venetian upper-class women, which had prevented them from moving freely.Louisa Lauw:
The Dogaressa
' The Inquisition saw the gender mixing at the newly established casinos as a symbol of this, and also banned noblewomen from frequenting them. Caterina was indicted and her casino was closed by order of the Inquisition 6 April 1747. Her case became famous, but it did not stop the development: already in 1751, another female noble, Marina Sagredo Pisani, opened a new casino, and in 1767 the Inquisition allowed noblewomen to frequent the casinos on the condition that they cover their faces. Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo is the model of several famous paintings of
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.


See also

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Madaluzza Contarini Gradenigo Maddalena "Madaluzza" Contarini Gradenigo (fl. 1779), was a Venetian aristocrat. She was known for the scandals surrounding her notorious love affairs, which brought her in conflict with the Venetian Inquisition and exemplified its opposition to the ...


References

* Louisa Lauw:
The Dogaressa
' * Isobel Grundy,
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
' * Joanne M. Ferraro,
Venice: History of the Floating City
' *
A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797
' * Robert Casillo
The Empire of Stereotypes: Germaine de Staël and the Idea of Italy
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Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo
' in
Concise Dictionary of Women Artists ''Dictionary of Women Artists'' is a two-volume dictionary of 600 women artists born before 1945, going back to the Middle Ages. It was edited by Delia Gaze with 23 advisors and over 100 contributors. Gaze is a writer for the Oxford DNB and wro ...
, Delia Gaze * Giorgio Busetto, Palazzo Grassi,
Pietro Longhi, Gabriel Bella: scene di vita veneziana
' * Giovanni Battista Tiepol,
Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770: Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Museo ...
' * Andrea Di Robilant,
A Venetian Affair: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century
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Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 6 (1964)
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