Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, in the ''
sestiere
A (plural: ) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from (‘sixth’), so it is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example is the ''sestieri'' of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, M ...
'' of
Cannaregio
Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people .
Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...
.
History
The church was erected by the now-defunct religious order the "
Humiliati
The Humiliati (Italian ''Umiliati'') were an Italian religious order of men formed probably in the 12th century. It was suppressed by a papal bull in 1571 though an associated order of women continued into the 20th century.
Origin
The origin of ...
" in the mid-14th century, under the direction of Tiberio da Parma, who is buried in the interior. It was initially dedicated to
St. Christopher
Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively u ...
, patron saint of travellers, but its popular name suggesting consecration to
Holy Virgin
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
comes from the following century, when an allegedly miraculous statue of the Madonna, commissioned for the Church of S. Maria Formosa but rejected, was brought to the Church from the nearby orchard ( ''orto'' in Italian) where it had languished.
The church lay on weak foundations and in 1399 a restoration project was financed by the city's
Maggior Consiglio
The Great Council or Major Council ( it, Maggior Consiglio; vec, Mazor Consegio) was a political organ of the Republic of Venice between 1172 and 1797. It was the chief political assembly, responsible for electing many of the other political off ...
. The Humiliati, due to their "depraved customs", were ousted in 1462 and the Madonna dell'Orto was assigned to the
congregation
A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship.
Congregation may also refer to:
*Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship
*Congregation (Roman Curia), an administra ...
of
Canons Regular of San Giorgio in Alga The Canons Regular of San Giorgio in Alga (''Congregatio Canonicorum Sancti Georgii in Alga Venetiarum'') were a congregation of canons regular which was influential in the reform movement of monastic life in northern Italy during the 15th and 16th ...
. The latter order was suppressed in 1668, and the following year the Church and convent annexed were handed over to
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
s of Lombardy. In 1787 the church came under public administration. Restoration was begun under Austrian rule in the 1840s and finished in 1869, by which time Venice had become part of the unified Kingdom of Italy.
Façade
The façade, built in 1460–1464, has sloping sides and is in brickwork, divided in three parts by two pilasters strips. The two side sections have quadruple
mullioned window
A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid supp ...
s, while the central has a large
rose window
Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term ''rose window'' w ...
. The portal is surmounted by a pointed arch with white stone decorations portraying, on the summit, St. Christopher, the Madonna and the Archangel Gabriel by Nicolò di Giovanni Fiorentino and Antonio Rizzo. Under is a tympanum, in porphyry, supported by circular pilaster strips. The whole is included into a
porch
A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...
with Corinthian columns.
The upper central section is decorated by small arches and bas-reliefs with geometrical motifs. The upper sides have instead twelve niches each, containing statues of the Apostles. Five other Gothic niches are in the central section, with 18th-century statues representing Prudence, Charity, Faith, Hope and Temperance, taken from the demolished church of Santo Stefano.
Interior
The interior has a nave and two aisles, with double-framed pointed arches supported by Greek marble columns. The transept is absent, while in the rear is a pentagonal apse decorated by paintings by Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, who is buried here. The organ over the entrance was built in 1878, and is one of the most powerful in Venice.
At an altar to the south/right of the main entrance is ''St. John Baptist and Saints'' by
Cima da Conegliano
Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...
, and in the fourth chapel on the North/left facing the main altar, the Contarini Chapel, there is a notable ''St. Agnes'' by
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
. The Renaissance Valier Chapel once housed a small ''Madonna with Child'' by
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...
(1481), stolen in 1993. Other works by Tintoretto in the church include a ''Presentation in the Temple'' (South aisle, close to the East end), ''Adoration of the Golden Calf'', ''Last Judgement'' (both in the apse, either side of the main altar) and the ''Four Cardinal Virtues'' (in the upper storey of the apse, behind the altar), all from 1562 to 1564.
Image:Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Interior.jpg, Interior of the church.
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Interior - Gallery organ.jpg, The organ over the entrance.
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Interior - Baptismal Fonts.jpg, Baptismal Fonts.
Right Nave
*Sculpture of ''Madonna with Child'', attributed to Antonio Rizzo
*Altarpiece of ''St John Baptist with Saints Peter, Mark, Jerome, and Paul'', by
Cima da Conegliano
Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...
.
*''St Christopher Martyr'', copy of original by
Cima da Conegliano
Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...
*Altar of Immaculate conception: built in 1593 to accommodate miraculous statue now in Cappella San Mauro
*Monument to Gerolamo Cavazza by
Giuseppe Sardi (1624–1699)
Giuseppe Sardi (1680 – documented until 1768) was an Italian architect active in Rome. He was born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, Marche which was then part of the Papal States. Known primarily for his church of Santa Maria del Rosario in Marino o ...
.
*''Presentation of Virgin at Temple'' (1550–1553),
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
.
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Nave right side - Madonna col Bambino by Antonio Rizzo.jpg, ''Madonna with Child'', by Antonio Rizzo
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Right side of the nave - John the Baptist among the saints Peter, Marco, Jerome and Paul by Cima da Conegliano 1495.jpg, ''St John Baptist with Saints Peter, Mark, Jerome, and Paul''
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Right side of the nave - Saint Christopher by Cima da Conegliano (copy).jpg, Altarpiece of ''St Christopher''
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Altar of the Immaculate Conception (1593).jpg, Altar of Immaculate conception
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Monument of Girolamo Cavazza.jpg, Monument to Gerolamo Cavazza
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, by Daniel van den Dyck.jpg, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, by Daniel van den Dyck
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Presentation at the temple of the Virgin (1552-1553) by Tintoretto.jpg, ''Presentation of Virgin at Temple''
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
St Mauro Chapel:
*''St Leonardo Murialdo'' (1983)
Ernani Costantini
''Ernani'' is an operatic ''dramma lirico'' in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play ''Hernani (drama), Hernani'' by Victor Hugo.
Verdi was commissioned by the Teatro La Fenice in V ...
*Miraculous Madonna,
Giovanni De Santi Giovanni may refer to:
* Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname
* Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data
* ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...
, 14th century
*''Pieta'', copy of work by
Savoldo
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480–1485 – after 1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use ...
Original ''Pieta'' by Savoldo (1480–1548) now in Vienna
*''Madonna with Child and St Mauro abbott'', Antonio Molinari.
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro.jpg, St Mauro Chapel
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Statue of Madonna dell'Orto.jpg, Statue of ''Madonna dell'Orto''
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro Madonna col Bambino e san Mauro abate - Antonio Molinari .jpg, ''Madonna with Child and St Mauro abbott'', Antonio Molinari
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Compianto sul cristo morto.jpg, ''Pieta'' by Savoldo (1480–1548)
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Orso II Participazio.jpg,
Orso II Participazio
Orso II Participazio (died 932) was the eighteenth doge of the Republic of Venice, by tradition (historically, he was the sixteenth), from 912 to 932.
History
In 912 he was kidnapped in the Adriatic by a Serb prince of Zachlumia by the name of ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Pietro I Orseolo.jpg,
Pietro I Orseolo
Pietro I Orseolo OSBCam, also named ''Peter Urseulus'', (928–987) was the Doge of Venice from 976 until 978. He abdicated his office and left in the middle of the night to become a monk. He later entered the order of the Camaldolese Hermits of ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Lorenzo Giustiniani.jpg,
Lawrence Giustiniani
Lawrence Justinian ( it, Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456) was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Biography
Lawrence Justinian wa ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Pietro Acotanto.jpg, Pietro Acotanto
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - San Francesco Querini.jpg, Francesco Querini
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Antonio Correr.jpg, Antonio Correr
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Antonio Pizzamano.jpg, Antonio Pizzamano
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - beato Niccolò Giustinian.jpg, Niccolò Giustinian
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - San Tiziano, vescovo di Oderzo.jpg,
Titian of Oderzo
Saint Titian of Oderzo ( it, San Tiziano di Oderzo) was a 7th-century bishop of Opitergium (Oderzo), in the Province of Treviso.
Titian was born to a noble family of Eraclea (Grisolera) in the Veneto region, and served as a deacon and priest to Fl ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Illuminata Bembo.jpg, The Blessed Illuminata Bembo
Sacristy
*Canvas with ''Madonna with Child and Saints'' attributed to school of Paris Bourdon
Apse Chapel Right
*Tomb of
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
Girolamo Santacroce
Girolamo Santacroce (c. 1502 – c. 1537) was a 16th-century Italian sculptor and medalist of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. i ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - St. Jerome and St. Augustine by Girolamo da Santacroce.jpg, St. Jerome and St. Augustine by
Girolamo da Santacroce
Girolamo da Santacroce (c. 1480/85 – c. 1556) was a 16th-century Italy, Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Venice and the Venetian mainland.Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
Choir
*''The Last Judgement'' (1563, right),
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
*Idolatry of Golden Calf (1563, left), Tintoretto
*St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross (1550–1553) Left, Tintoretto.
*Above: ''Cardinal virtues: Justice and Temperance'', half-dome of apse: ''Decollation of St Paul'' (1550–1553), right side of apse,
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
*Above: ''Cardinal virtues: Prudence and Strength'', Tintoretto
*''Annunciation'' (1590), Jacopo Palma il Giovane, from church of Santa Maria Nuova of
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
*Above: ''Faith'',
Pietro Ricchi
Pietro Ricchi (1606 – 15 August 1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Lucca.
In 1632–33, he was in France and painted a fresco the rooms of .
Fléchères salon chasses4.JPG, 'Salon de la Chasse' : boar hunt
Fléchères c ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - choir.jpg, Choir
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - The Worship of the Golden Calf - Tintoretto.jpg, ''Idolatry of Golden Calf ''
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross by Tintoretto.jpg, St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross by Tintoretto
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - L'Annunciazione (1590) by Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Proveniente dalla chiesa di S.Maria Nuova di Vicenza).jpg, ''Annunciation'' (1590), Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - The Last Judgment by Jacopo Tintoretto.jpg, ''The Last Judgment ''
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - The beheading of St. Paul.jpg, The beheading of St. Paul by Tintoretto
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir The faith by Pietro Ricchi.jpg, The faith by Pietro Ricchi
Left of main Nave
*''St Lorenzo Giustiniani and Saints'', altarpiece copy of
Il Pordenone
Pordenone, Il Pordenone in Italian, is the byname of Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis (c. 1484 – 14 January 1539), an Italian Mannerist painter, loosely of the Venetian school. Vasari, his main biographer, wrongly identifies him as Giovann ...
original.
*''St George and the Dragon'' by
Matteo Ponzone
Matteo Ponzone (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active between 1630 and 1700 mainly in Venice. He was a pupil of Santo Peranda.
Several of his works are in the churches and public buildings of Venice, particularly in S ...
*''Flagellation of Christ'',
Matteo Ponzone
Matteo Ponzone (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active between 1630 and 1700 mainly in Venice. He was a pupil of Santo Peranda.
Several of his works are in the churches and public buildings of Venice, particularly in S ...
*''God the Father in Glory'' (c. 1590)
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
*''Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria'', School of
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel of scuola dei Forneri - St Lawrence Giustiniani ands saints.jpg, ''St Lorenzo Giustiniani and Saints''
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Left side of the nave - St. George slaying the dragon, between St. Jerome and St. Tryphon by Matteo Ponzone.jpg, ''St George and the Dragon'' by
Matteo Ponzone
Matteo Ponzone (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active between 1630 and 1700 mainly in Venice. He was a pupil of Santo Peranda.
Several of his works are in the churches and public buildings of Venice, particularly in S ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Left side of the nave - Flagellation of Christ by Matteo Ponzone.jpg, ''Flagellation of Christ'' by Matteo Ponzone
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Left side of the nave - God the Father in Glory (c. 1590) Domenico Tintoretto.jpg, ''God the Father in Glory'' by Tintoretto
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Left side of the nave - Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria - School of Titian.jpg, ''Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria''
Contarini Chapel:
*''Miracle of St Agnes'' (1575),
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
*Funereal Monument of Contarini Family
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini.jpg, Contarini Chapel
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini Carlo di Alvise Contarini (1636-1688) Senator.jpg, Carlo di Alvise Contarini (1636-1688)
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542) by Danese Cattaneo (ca 1563).jpg, Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542)
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - Alvise Contarini (1521-1579).jpg, Alvise Contarini (1521-1579)
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - The miracle of Saint Agnes by Tintoretto (1577 ca).jpg, '' The miracle of Saint Agnes''
Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - Alvise Contarini (1597-1651).jpg, Alvise Contarini (1597-1651)
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - Tommaso Contarini (1488-1578) by Alessandro Vittoria.jpg, Tommaso Contarini (1488-1578) by
Alessandro Vittoria
Alessandro Vittoria funerary monument - San Zaccaria, Venice
Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608) was an Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school, "one of the main representatives of the Venetian classical style" and rivalling Giamb ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Contarini - Tommaso Contarini (1562-1614).jpg, Tommaso Contarini (1562-1614)
Morosini Chapel:
*''The Nativity and Saint Dominic''
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
*''Angels bearing incense'',
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
*''Crucifixion'', Jacopo Palma il Giovane from church of St Ternita
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Morosini.jpg, Chapel Morosini
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Morosini - Crucifixion by Palma il Giovane.jpg, Crucifixion
Palma il Giovane
Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ("Young Palma"), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school.
After Tintoretto's death ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Morosini - Angels carrying the censer (left) by Tintoretto ca 1627.jpg, ''Angels bearing incense'',
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Morosini - Nativity and Saint Dominic by Tintoretto 1625.jpg, ''The Nativity and Saint Dominic''
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Morosini - Angels carrying the censer (right) by Tintoretto ca 1627.jpg, ''Angels bearing incense'',
Domenico Tintoretto
Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (1560 – 17 May 1635) was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
Life
Apprenticeship
Domenico was born in Ve ...
Vendramin Chapel:
*''Arcangel Raphael and Tobias'' (1530)
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
, now in sacristy of San Marziale
*Painting of ''St Vincent with saints Domenic, Lorenzo Giustiniani, Elena and Pope Eugenius IV'' by Jacopo Palma the Elder. Figures of Saint Helena and St Domenic inserted during restoration in 1867 by Placido Fabris
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Vendramin.jpg, Vendramin Chapel
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Vendramin - Arcangel Raphael and Tobias by Titien.jpg, Arcangel Raphael and Tobias by Titien
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Vendramin- san Vincenzo fra i santi Domenico, Lorenzo giustiniani, Elena e papa Eugenio IV .jpg, ''St Vincent with saints Domenic, Lorenzo Giustiniani, Elena and Pope Eugenius IV'' by Jacopo Palma the Elder
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Vendramin - Cristo morto accolto dal Padre e dalle Spirito Santo, la Vergine addolorata e san Giovanni Matha fondatore dei trinitari - Bartolomeo Litterini.jpg, ''Cristo morto accolto dal Padre '' Bartolomeo Litterini
Valier Chapel:
*''Madonna with Child'' (1480)
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...
(stolen 1993).
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel Valier.jpg, Chapel Valier
Bellini Madonna.JPG, ''Madonna with Child'' (1480)
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...
Bell tower
The bell tower, in brickwork, was finished in 1503. It has a square plan, with pilasters strips on the sides leading to the cell with circular mullioned windows. Four semicircular tympani divided the cell from the upper cylindrical tambour with an onion dome in Eastern style.
Madona del orto clocher.jpg, The bell tower
Venice - Churches - Madonna dell'Orto 03.jpg, The bell tower
On the sides are four statues of Evangelists of
Pietro Lombardo
Monument of the Doge Pietro Mocenigo 1481
:''Pietro Lombardo is also the Italian version of the name of the theologian Peter Lombard.''
Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect; born in Carona (Ticino), he ...
's school; on the summit is a statue of the Redeemer, in white marble. The old bells, the largest being from 1424, were replaced in 1883.
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