Ridotto dei nobili
The Ridotto was a palace on the Grand Canal near San Moisè where the nobility met for gambling. More generally, the word means a meeting or a meeting place.
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Nobile al Ridotto — Nobleman at the Ridotto — Grevembroch 1-91
“Nobile al Ridotto” (Nobleman at the Ridotto) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.