Venice: Lifestyle – Working
lunch in a Palazzo on the Grand Canal. During a photo shoot for Christie’s magazine a simple and delicious lunch was organized chez Attilio and Gabriella
Codognato. Fourth generation jeweler and Contemporary Art collector AttilioCodognato has amassed an impressive collection which is housed on the piano
nobile of a Palazzo on the Gran Canal.
Read all about it. In the May issue of Christie’s magazine you
can view the collection and the palazzo.
Above. Water is brought to
the small cards table set up in the corner of the dinning room, for an informal and quick lunch. A
Cy Twombly painting and a bust of the emperor Caesar Augustus sit above an
Empire style side table.
Working lunch in a Palazzo.
A small card table is set with early Twentieth Century antique Murano lace
tablemats. Family crystal long stem
goblets tinted in three colors, and Richard Ginori porcelain plates with a
simple gold rim elegantly compliment the shell pattern silver cutlery.
Risotto con Castraure
Mixed Green Salad with
Avocado, Giant Prawns and Herbs
Baked Apples and Prunes
Coffee
Gabriella’s Candied Ginger
Dipped in Chocolate
Note: The baby artichokes or
in Venetian castraure are a Venetian delicacy and are only in season for one
month of the year, they are the
first floral shoots of the artichoke which are cut off in a certain way to
'castrate' the plant.
Working lunch in a Palazzo.
The elaborate silver shell shaped sugar bowl in the foreground is a rare and
antique Codognato design “There are no more craftsmen able to execute work like
this today.” Attilio regretfully explains.
Jeweler and Contemporary Art
Collector, Attilio Codognato who he is known by his international A list
clientele for his exotic and Gothic jewels and in particular, the Skull and
Serpent series, photographer Manfredi Bellati who is currently working on a NY
inspired project; The High Line, as well as, a work in progress photographic
essay on grotesque tourism in Venice, architect Gabriella Barbini Codognato who
besides restoring Venetian Palazzi is also working on a new Museum in Bassano
del Grappa.
A special guest peeks in.