Procurator Erizzo’s Room

The original hall was damaged during World War II. In 1951, it was completely renovated by the architect Ettore Fagiuoli and transformed into a dining room. Today it is called the “Room of the Procurator” due to the presence of the portrait of Nicolò Erizzo who was proclaimed "Procurator of San Marco" in 1676, painted by Alessandro Longhi (see the following caption).
Among the exhibits there is a rare specimen of "Stangenglas”: a cylindrical glass vase decorated with enamel depicting the myth of Apollo and Marsyas, with the Sun god in the foreground, who inflicts his cruel punishment on the satyr who dared to defy him. According to recent studies, the vase was produced in Venice in the second half of the 16th century. The scene takes place in a river landscape with trees and a meadow of blue and white flowers, where a nymph, standing on a dolphin, reaches the shore waving a flag. Like the other pieces of blown glass exhibited in the “Sala del Settecento Veneto”, it very probably comes from the Erizzo family.
Inside the four display cases on the wall, there is the set of dishes called “gala service” of Miniscalchi-Erizzo family (see the following caption).
On the walls, in addition to the portrait of the Procurator, are exhibited three Still Lifes by Antonio Gianlisi Junior. In conclusion, to complete the furniture, a pair of “consoles” topped in Carrara marble.