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- Collection: September 16: Visual Analysis of work from Correr and Ducal Palace
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Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity
Jacopo Tintoretto was an Italian painter born in Venice whose art was characterized by uniqueness in composition and handling. His painting “Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity” is part of a group of four extraordinary square…
Return of Jacob with His Family
This painting was painted by Jacopo Bassano, a young man who trained at the cosmopolitan workshop of Bonifacio de’Pitati, circa 1580. This particular painting is apart of the collection of the Sala del Anticollegio in the Palazzo Ducale. Seen in the…
The Lion of the St. Mark
Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1465 – c. 1520) painted The Lion of St. Mark in 1516 on commission for the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi near the Rialto district [1]. It features a large lion in its center––which represents the Republic’s patron saint St. Mark and…
Scala dei Giganti
The Scala dei Giganti, which is depicted, is an entrance to the Doge’s Palace. Made of limestone and marble, this staircase is one of many representations of Venetian power and wealth. Although the staircase itself was commissioned to Antonio Rizzo,…
Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity
Painted by Jacopo Tintoretto for Doge Priuli, "Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity" was created in 1576 and is located in the Room dell'Anticollegio. This painting is part of four paintings in a series by Tintoretto that additionally…
Paradise
The Venetian government, the Signoria, created a contest to see who would create a painting modeled after Dante’s Paradise on the wall of the Great Council Hall after the destruction of the fire of 1577. At first, Veronese was chosen to create the…