The Palazzo Roverella is a

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

-style palace located in via Laurenti 8/10,

Rovigo Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. Geography Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...

, region of Veneto, Italy.

History and Description

The palace now serves as the town art and archeology gallery and host for exhibitions. The archeology collection includes artifacts and items from Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome. The collection includes:Official website
*''St Lucy and Scenes from her life'' by Quirizio da Murano *''Christ carrying Cross'' by

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...

*''Madonna and Child'' by Pasqualino Veneto

*''Madonna and Child between St Jerome and St Helena'' (1520s) by Palma Vecchio *''St Cajetan of Thiene'' by

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

*''Portrait of a young man'' by

Andrea Previtali Andrea Previtali (c. 1480 –1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi. Biography Previtali was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Bellini. In Bergamo, he painte ...

*''Portrait of Antonio Riccobono'' by

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an impo ...

*''Portrait of Cardinal

Bartolomeo Roverella Bartolomeo Roverella (1406–1476) (called the Cardinal of Ravenna) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Bartolomeo Roverella was born in Rovigo in 1406, the son of Palatine Count Giovanni Roverella ( camerlengo of Leo ...

'' by

Giovanni Battista Pittoni Giambattista Pittoni or Giovanni Battista Pittoni (6 June 1687 – 6 November 1767) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He was among the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, of which in 1758 he became the ...

*''Portrait of Giulio Contarini da Mula'' (1759) by

Alessandro Longhi Alessandro Longhi (12 June 1733 – November 1813) was a Venetian portrait painter and printmaker in etching (mostly reproductions of paintings). He is known best for his oil portraits of Venetian nobles of state. His father was the fame ...

*''Portrait of Giovanni Tommaso Minadois'' by

Giuseppe Nogari Giuseppe Nogari (1699 – 3 December 1766) was an Italian painter of the Rococo. He painted mainly painted half-body portraits, either real or of historical and religious figures. They are striking for their emotional content, subdued decoration ...

*''Portrait of Doge

Alvise Pisani Alvise Pisani (1 January 1664 in Venice – 17 June 1741 in Venice) was the 114th Doge of Venice, serving from 17 January 1735 until his death. Born as a member of Pisani family, he was a career diplomat prior to his election, serving as Ven ...

'' by Bartolomeo Nazzari *''Portrait of Conte Gasparo Campo'' by

*''Sacred Conversation'' by

Girolamo da Santacroce Girolamo da Santacroce (c. 1480/85 – c. 1556) was a 16th-century Italy, Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Venice and the Venetian mainland.Nicolo Rondinelli *''The circumcision'' by

Marco Bello Marco Bello (c. 1470 – 1523) was an Italian painter active in the Renaissance period. He was one of the pupils in the studio of Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, pro ...

References

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