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Views' Room
VIEWS' ROOM:
This room is characterized by the ceiling decoration by Ludovico Pogliaghi and his atelier. It's a complex decorative work, rich in Art nouveau references associated with revival motifs: four vaulting cells, decorated with vegetal festoons culminate in central rosette with a mermaid. The artificial bas-relief with mythological marine motifs is a work of Gerolamo Poloni, a Pogliaghi scholar. In this room are located some ancient view of the villa: Villa Sommariva, 1823, oil on canvas by Giuseppe Bisi, View of the villa and the garden from the lake, 1819 by Joseph-Xavier Bidauld (gently loan by the Brera Accademia di Belle Arti, in Milan); In front of Villa Sommariva, 1842, by Amélie Gundlay; Visiting the Sommariva's garden by Alessandro Sanquirico and Bellagio from Villa Sommariva, both painted in the first half of the XIX Century.