Ca' Rezzonico
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Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architectu
The white marble façade of Ca' Rezzonico on the Grand Canal
The Palazzo in the mid-19th century, by Carlo Naya
Detail of the facade
Ground floor passage from the Grand Canal to the inner courtyard and fountain
Cole Porter
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Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood f
Ca' Rezzonico
…Palazzo became the setting for spectacular costume balls, celebrations by torchlight and candlelight, and concerts. American songwriter and composer Cole Porter rented Ca' Rezzonico for $4,000 a month in the 1920s. Porter engaged 50 gondoliers and employed a troupe of high-rope walkers to "perform in a blaze…
Porter in the 1930s
Farmhouse at Westleigh Farms
Porter as a Yale College student
Lady in Blue, 1906 portrait of Linda Lee Thomas by Emil Fuchs