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The name of this painting is called Venice Enthroned with Justice, Peace & the Lion of St. Mark. It was painted by Paolo Veronese from 1575-1576 and is painted on the ceiling of the Sala del Collegio. It is categorized under a collection with…

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…

The painting Paradise, made by Jacopo and Dominico Tintoretto from 1588-1592, is featured in the Ducal Palace and represents the greatness of Venice during this time period. It is featured across the expanse of the Great Council wall and stands above…

This portrait was a later work of Gentile Bellini that showcases his flat patterned style that has been used to identify other works of his. The painting takes on a side-portrait view of the doge depicting him in a very stately and pious manner. He…

Gentile Bellini painted the famous painting, Procession in Piazza San Marco. Gentile was born in a well-known family for art in Venice. His father was a painter, both he and his bother was inspired and took lesson under his father, Jacopo Bellini.…

This piece was one of the few artworks to survive from the fires in the Ducal palace [1]. While in its current form the edges are slightly withered, the fresco remains largely intact. The image was originally commissioned by the Holy Church, and is…

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,…

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…

Bartolomeo Vivarini was born in 1432 in Venice and was an avid painter for nearly 50 years. One of his most prominent paintings, Madonna and Child, is shown here. It was apart of our virtual tour of the Correr Museum. This painting represents the…

Mars and Neptune is painted by Paolo Veronese from 1575 - 1578. The Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese(1528–1588) is known for the idea of opulence and splendor of Renaissance Venice that reflected in his arts. Being educated in the shadow of…