Interior: View of Staircase Looking Up To Main Hall
Creator
Date
1515-1560
Location
Geographic Coordinates
45.436559, 12.325103
Notes
Looking up the stairwell toward Main Hall from the landing. Right side painting is by Antonio Zanchi while the left is by Pietro Negri. These paintings date from the century after Tintoretto completed his painting cycles for the Scuola, and reflect the arrival of Baroque styling to Venetian painting. Both paintings depict the 1631 plague which decimated Venice and resulted in the building of Santa Maria della Salute, shown in the background of Negri's work. The Zanchi is signed.
Subject
The Virgin Appears to the Plague-Stricken, 1666 (right)
Venice and the Saints Marco, Rocco, and Sebastiano Invoke Divine Help to Overcome the Calamity, c. 1673 (left)
Mercy Presenting Poor Sick People to San Rocco, c. 1660s (cupola)
Access Restrictions
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Photographer
Image Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, © The Trustees of Columbia University
Image Date
2006