Portrait, Royal Palace, Venice, Italy

Portrait of Margherita of Savoy, 1851-1926, queen of Italy and wife of Umberto I, painting, possibly by Vittorio Tessari (1860-1947), in the Lounge of king Umberto, in the Royal Rooms of the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. King Umberto, 1844-1900 and Margherita stayed here for the first Venice Biennale in 1895. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1814 Antolini Beads Biennale Civici Correr Earring Fondazione Giuseppe Lounge Margherita Musei Piazza Reale Salon Soli Stayed Tessari Tiara Umberto Veneto Venezia

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