# Palazzo Balbi: Façade

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VITTORIA, Alessandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

This palace is situated at the bend of the Canal Grande between the Accademia and the Ponte di Rialto, in a picturesque position which inspired artists such as Canaletto and Marieschi. The architectural features of this building demonstrates the transition to the early Baroque era. Vittoria, who was a pupil of Sansovino, made use of architectural and decorative elements such as the central mullioned-widow balustrade, the mixtilinear tympanums, the sinuous frames of the windows. The magnificence of the palace was imitated in the city for a long time.

## Related artworks

- [A Gentleman of the Zorzi Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/a-gentleman-of-the-zorzi-family-rca08598805c2d0>)
- [A Lady of the Zorzi Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/a-lady-of-the-zorzi-family-r282bedadb34bb0>)
- [Altar and Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/altar-and-altarpiece-r196fb44d98b9f3>)
- [Altar of the Luganegheri](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/altar-of-the-luganegheri-r6111cab2f39f9d>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/annunciation-r4303cefeda1102>)
- [Atlante \(left of a pair\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/atlante-left-of-a-pair-r27142a521fb499>)
- [Atlante \(right of a pair\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/atlante-right-of-a-pair-r66ccfb9d6b61bd>)
- [Bust of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/bust-of-a-man-r8fea629afdbf99>)
- [Bust of Domenico Duodo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/bust-of-domenico-duodo-r5754542ef55ab9>)
- [Bust of Francesco Duodo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/bust-of-francesco-duodo-r0e4ad77d402366>)
- [Bust of Gerolamo Grimani](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/bust-of-gerolamo-grimani-r240718f08fd9ab>)
- [Bust of Giovanni Battista Ferretti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/bust-of-giovanni-battista-ferretti-rdd110a2046c471>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)