Proc. Andrea Antonio Giuseppe Cornaro (H-39)Born: 1 January 1671/2, Piombino Dese Married: [Did not marry] Died: 9 December 1742
Andrea was associated
with two of the great architectural treasures of the Veneto. With his
brother Sen. Federico Antonio Alberto Cornaro
(H-40), he commissioned Domenico Rossi to
reconstruct Ca' Cornaro della Regina on
the Grand Canal in S. Cassiano Parish.
Andrea was also
the 8th owner/manager of Villa Cornaro,
his family's Palladian villa at Piombino Dese. There in 1716-7 he commissioned
Mattia Bortoloni to execute a mysterious
fresco cycle within a system of stucco frames and putti by Bortolo
Cabianca. The fresco cycle incorporates an elaborate system of Masonic
themes and symbols and is probably the earliest example of Masonic art
in Italy.
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