Established in 1868 by Count Giovanni Querini Stampalia, the foundation has a library, temporary exhibition space, an auditorium and a museum. Retaining its 17C-18C ambience, the residential part has a collection of Venetian pictures from the 14C to the 20C: Palma the Elder (Francesco Querini and Paola Priuli Querini), Giambattista Tiepolo (portrait of a Procurator), Giovanni Bellini (Presentation in the Temple) and Pietro Longhi (religious and hunting scenes).