The Doge and Senators in the Sala del Collegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Private collection

historical

Malombra pioneered this style of historical interior scenes, intended to document a specific scene and accurately represent the surroundings. He was the first painter to represent the interior of the Sala del Collegio in the Doge's Palace; eight versions of the present painting exist, showing meetings in the magnificent hall.

The Doge and Senators in the Sala del Collegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

About the Artist

Pietro Malombra

1556 – 1618

Italian painter, a pupil in the school of Giuseppe Porta (c. 1520-c. 1575). His designs are more studied and laboured than those of most of the Venetian painters. He copied Palma, but avoided the meanness of an imitator; and his pictures of the Miracles of St Francis de Paula, in the church of that name at Venice, fully express his style. His historical subjects are admirable, particularly those of the easel size. He painted architectural views of noted places in Venice, embellishing them with figures, beautifully arranged, and imagined with considerable ease and symmetry. He also produced many portraits.

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