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The Barbaro family is a noble family who were patricians of the Republic of Venice. Various members are noted as church leaders, diplomats, patrons of the arts, military commanders, philosophers, scholars, and scientists.
Two of the family's most famous members were the brothers Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who were patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese.. The family built a country home at Maser – the famous Villa Barbaro designed by Palladio.
History
Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua. Four were Patriarchs of Aquileia.
- Ermolao Barbaro – Patriarch 1491–1493
- Daniel Barbaro – Patriarch 1550–1570
- Francesco Barbaro – Bishop 1585–1593, Patriarch 1593–1616
- Ermolao II Barbaro – Bishop 1596–1616, Patriarch 1616–1622
A Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the Palazzo Dario in 1494.
In the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large Palazzo Barbaro of Gothic design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second Baroque palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.
The church of San Francesco della Vigna houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro ancestral device, a red circle on a white field. .
The Barbaro family Albergo supported the Scuola Grande of the church of San Rocco, Venice, which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo.
References
- “The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt, Penguin Books, 2006, pg.150 , ISBN 1594200580
- Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in Great Houses of Europe, ed. Sacheverell Sitwell (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6
- Hobson, p. 93.
- ""The Patriarchate of Aquileia"". Retrieved 2007-10-07.
- ""Ca' Barbaro" (Italian)". Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165, ISBN 1843533022
- “The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt, Penguin Books, 2006, pg.161 , ISBN 1594200580
- Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4.
Notable members
- Donato Barbaro (fl. c. 1259), Venetian admiral
- Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454), humanist
- Ermolao Barbaro (1410–1471/1474), bishop of Treviso and Verona
- Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494), ambassador
- Ermolao Barbaro (1454–1493/1495), philosopher
- Marco Barbaro (1511–1570), genealogist
- Daniele Barbaro (1513–70), scholar, cardinal and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
- Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595), ambassador and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
- Antonio Barbaro (d. 1679), Venetian soldier and colonial official