1523-2023: a precious legacy for Venice
Felix vibas, an incitement to happiness, is the spurious inscription found on the back of the bust of the so-called Vitellio, a Roman portrait from the age of Hadrian, which belonged to the collection of Cardinal Domenico Grimani. This motto,
Each object is a journey
Wandering pottery Many 18th-century Venetian collectors could exhibit ancient vases from afar in their museums. The large quantity of material that, then, from central-southern Italy poured in large number into the antique market made ceramics very coveted objects also in Veneto.
