Communion of Santa Lucia

Date
1746-1748
Work Parent
Work Type

This altarpiece was installed approximately 300 years after the chapel was completed. This is considered one of Tiepolo’s most deeply spiritual pictures.

References

Lorenzetti, Venice and Its Lagoon: Historical-Artistic Guide (Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1961) as translated and with supplementary content by Taryn Marie Zarrillo, 2012/13

  • Interior: South Nave Chapel
  • view of chapel from nave
  • detail: altarpiece, Communion of Santa Lucia
  • altarpiece, Communion of Santa Lucia