# Villa Foscarini: External view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Italian]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The old house of the noble Venetian Foscarini ai Carmini family, near the confluence of the Brenta and Tergola rivers, was rebuilt between 1599 and 1602, probably by Vincenzo Scamozzi following the plans of Andrea Palladio. The façade is clearly modelled on Palladian examples, featuring a pronaos supported by tapered Ionic columns. The foresteria, or guest quarters, is situated to the side of and slightly behind the main house. The villa was remodeled in the Neo-classical period The first owners were the Foscarini, followed by the Negrelli and since 1988 the Rossi family, owner of a shoe factory. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Apse of a basilica]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Basilica di Sant'Antonio: Chiostro del Noviziato]() - [Basilica Santi Nereo e Achilleo]() - [Ca' Foscari: Façade]() - [Chamber of the millers]() - [Chiesa dell'Incoronata: Interior of the dome]() - [Cloister gallery]() - [Detail of the façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()