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collections ended up being bought by foreigners, but in the early decades of the 19th century there were still many pieces on the market. An insatiable collector, Correr, from his youth bought all sorts of objects and dedicated all his resources in putting together an incredible amount of material. Correr would reveal himself to have a sharp eye, putting together a collection that was undoubtedly very original. He was explicit about his intention that the collections should be made available to the public, and the museum was finally open in 1836.
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region sculptors from the late 15th to the first decades of the 17th century. On the second floor, 19 rooms display the
Picture Gallery, which focuses primarily on Venetian painting up to the 16th century. There are also rooms dedicated to
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in the mid-16th century. From 1586 to 1596, works were complete on the ten arcades that extended beyond
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palace which then housed it. The nobleman also left the city funds to be used in conserving and extending the collections and in making them available to the public.
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is now) and contains rare manuscripts, printed works produced in the period from the early 16th to the 18th century, and the museum's large collection of
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