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| Palladio designed for the family ] at Maser, the Barbaro also owned Pallazzi on the ]. Family members acted as deans and professors of the ] and as ]. The church of ] in Venice was built for them. | Palladio designed for the family ] at Maser, the Barbaro also owned Pallazzi on the ]. Family members acted as deans and professors of the ] and as ]. The church of ] in Venice was built for them although the original family church was ], the cemetery of which ] had wished to be buried in <ref>''Venice and the Renaissance'', Manfredo Tafuri, trans.Jessica Levine, 1989, MIT Press, ISBN 0262700549 </ref>. | ||
| The Barbaro appeared in Venice ca. 868 A.D.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}. However, The male line of the Venetian branch of the family died out in the 18th century. <ref>Hobson, p.93</ref> | The Barbaro appeared in Venice ca. 868 A.D.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}. However, The male line of the Venetian branch of the family died out in the 18th century. <ref>Hobson, p.93</ref> | ||
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The Barbaro family is a Venetian noble family which included the humanists Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who were among the patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese. The Barbaro were an old Venetian family documented as holding high office in the republic as early as the ninth century.
Palladio designed for the family Villa Barbaro at Maser, the Barbaro also owned Pallazzi on the Grand Canal of Venice. Family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua and as Patriarchs of Aquileia. The church of Santa Maria Zobenigo in Venice was built for them although the original family church was San Francesco della Vigna, the cemetery of which Daniele Barbaro had wished to be buried in .
The Barbaro appeared in Venice ca. 868 A.D.. However, The male line of the Venetian branch of the family died out in the 18th century.
Notable members
- Donato Barbaro about 1259.
- Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454) an important humanist
- Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494)
- Ermolao Barbaro (1454—1493/1495)
- Daniele Barbaro (1513-70), brother of Marcantonio; they owned Villa Barbaro
- Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595)
- Marco Barbaro (1511–1570)
Notes
- Hobson. p,91.
- Venice and the Renaissance, Manfredo Tafuri, trans.Jessica Levine, 1989, MIT Press, ISBN 0262700549
- Hobson, p.93
References
- Hobson, Anthony. (Villa Barbaro - pages 89 – 97) "Great Houses of Europe". 1961. George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. London. ISBN 0-600-33843-6.