House No 72

Palazzo Sanudo also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio. 6099, Nadali & Vianello (1999) Tav. 18). Has the only original wooden door (15th Century) in Venice. It is on the Rio della Panada (not far from the Miracoli and the Campo e Maria Nove).

The house sometimes called by Ruskin ‘Miracoli one’ or ‘Sanudo ai Miracoli’, also known as Soranzo-Van Axel, at Cannaregio 6099, close to the Miracoli, is Ruskin’s House 72, called a noble Gothic Palace at Works, 11.431. See Notebook M2 pp.3L and 3 for a ‘beautiful cut cusp; Notebook M2 p.34 where it is listed as Zanotto’s House 22; Notebook M2 p.46 where it is listed with the ‘house at the Arsenal’, and the ‘house at Campo della Bragola’; Notebook M2 p.67 for a comparison with the Palazzo Priuli at San Severo. See Notebook M p.123 - ‘Fast sketch of upper story and balcony of house No 72’; Notebook M p.138 and Gothic Book p.33 for the door; House Book 1.Back free endpaper recto; House Book 2 p.27; House Book 2 p.45L on its court, door, and windows; Door Book p.32.

Selvatico 118 discusses and illustrates staircases. He mentions the Palazzo Soranzo in Campo San Polo and the ‘Sanuto ora Vanaxel a S. Maria dei Miracoli’. However he concludes his discussion of staircases with the comment: “Le quali tutte però no mi paiono eguagliare in merito quella Bembo alla Celestia in Calle Magno.”

Door-Head and wooden portal. Palazzo Sanudo; also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio 6099)

Entrance. Palazzo Sanudo; also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio 6099)

Door-Head and wooden portal. Palazzo Sanudo; also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio 6099)

Door handle, Palazzo Sanudo; also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio 6099)

Rio de Panda with Palazzo Sanudo; also known as the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel (Cannaregio 6099) on the left

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