Gallerie dell'Accademia

The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice, from which it became independent in 1879, and for which the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Accademia boat landing station for the '' vaporetto'' water bus are named. The two institutions remained in the same building until 2004, when the art school moved to the Ospedale degli Incurabili.

History

Early history

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia was founded on 24 September 1750; the statute dates from 1756.Accademia di belle arti di Venezia, 1750–2010. Cenni storici
(in Italian). Accademia di belle arti di Venezia. Accessed July 2013. The first director was Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; Gianbattista Tiepolo became the first president after his return from Würzburg.Elisa Viola (2005)
''L'Accademia di Venezia: i maestri, le collezioni, le sedi''
(in Italian). Venezia: Marsilio. . p. 17.

It was one of the first institutions to study art restoration starting in 1777 with Pietro Edwards, and formalised by 1819 as a course.

In 1807 the academy was re-founded by Napoleonic decree. The name was changed from Veneta Academia di Pittura, Scultura e Architettura to Accademia Reale di Belle Arti, "royal academy of fine arts", and the academy was moved to the Palladian complex of the Scuola della Carità, where the Gallerie dell'Accademia are still housed. The collections of the Accademia were first opened to the public on 10 August 1817.Gallerie dell'Accademia: Storia delle collezioni
(in Italian). Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio storico, artistico ed etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della città di Venezia e dei comuni della Gronda lagunare, 7 October 2009. Accessed July 2013.

Later history

The Gallerie dell'Accademia became independent from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia in 1879. Like other state museums in Italy, it falls under the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, the Italian ministry of culture and heritage.

Building

The Napoleonic administration had disbanded many institutions in Venice including some churches, convents and Scuole. The Scuola della Carità, the Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi and the church of Santa Maria della Carità thus became the home of the Accademia. The Scuola della Carità was the oldest of the six Scuole Grandi and the building dates back to 1343, though the scuola was formed in 1260. The Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi was started in 1561 by Andrea Palladio, though it was never fully completed. The facade of Santa Maria della Carità was completed in 1441 by Bartolomeo Bon.

Collection

The Gallerie dell’Accademia contains masterpieces of Venetian painting up to the 18th century, generally arranged chronologically though some thematic displays are evident.

Artists represented include:
Antonello da Messina,
Lazzaro Bastiani,
Gentile and Giovanni Bellini,
Bernardo Bellotto,
Pacino di Bonaguida,
Canaletto,
Vittore Carpaccio,
Giulio Carpioni,
Rosalba Carriera,
Cima da Conegliano,
Domenico Fetti,
Pietro Gaspari,
Michele Giambono,
Luca Giordano,
Francesco Guardi,
Giorgione,
Johann Liss,
Charles Le Brun,
Leonardo da Vinci,
Pietro Longhi,
Lorenzo Lotto,
Andrea Mantegna,
Rocco Marconi,
Michele Marieschi,
Giambattista Piazzetta,
Giambattista Pittoni,
Mattia Preti,
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,
Tintoretto,
Titian,
Paolo Veronese,
Giorgio Vasari,
Alvise Vivarini, and
Giuseppe Zais.

The collection includes Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the ''Vitruvian Man'', which is displayed only rarely as the work, being on paper, is fragile and sensitive to light. In 2019, the Musée du Louvre in Paris requested the loan of the drawing for its exhibition of works by Leonardo. The request was refused by a cultural heritage group. A court tribunal in Venice, however, decided that the work would suffer no ill effects if shipped with great care and displayed under controlled conditions. The work was, therefore, part of the Louvre's exhibition from 24 October 2019 to 24 February 2020.

Highlights

File:Hieronymus Bosch - Hermit Saints Triptych.jpg, Hieronymus Bosch
''The Hermit Saints'', 86 × 120 cm.
File:Jacopo bassano adoration of the shepherds.jpg, Jacopo Bassano
''Adoration of the Shepherds'', 9 × 142 cm.
File:Accademia - Madonna con Bambino tra le sante Caterina e Maria Maddalena - Giovanni Bellini - Cat 613.jpg, Giovanni Bellini
''Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Mary Magdalene'', 58 × 107 cm
File:Bellini4.jpg, Giovanni Bellini
'' Martinengo Pietà'', 65 × 90 cm.
File:Accademia - Pala di San Giobbe by Giovanni Bellini.jpg, Giovanni Bellini
'' San Giobbe Altarpiece'', 371 × 258 cm.
File:Giovanni bellini, sacra conversazione giovanelli.jpg, Giovanni Bellini
''Sacred Conversation'', 54 × 76 cm.
File:Presentation of the Ring to the Doges of Venice.jpg, Paris Bordone
''The Presentation of the Ring'', 370 × 301 cm
File:Accedemia - Presentazione di Gesù al tempio del Tintoretto.jpg, Tintoretto, ''Presentation at the Temple''
File:Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Perspective View with Portico - WGA03965.jpg, Canaletto
''Perspective View with Portico'', 131 × 93 cm.
File:Vittore Carpaccio - Sant'Orsola polyptich - Ritorno Degli ambasciatori.jpg, Vittore Carpaccio
''Cycle of St. Ursula'', 297 × 527 cm
File:Giorgione - La Vecchia.jpg, Giorgione
''Old Woman'', 68 × 59 cm.
File:Giorgione 019.jpg, Giorgione
'' The Tempest'', 82 × 73 cm
File:Accademia - Ritratto di giovane gentiluomo nel suo studio - Lorenzo Lotto cat.912.jpg, Lorenzo Lotto
''Gentleman in His Study'', 98 × 116 cm.
File:Accademia - San Giorgio di Andrea Mantegna Cat.588.jpg, Andrea Mantegna
'' St. George'', 66 × 32 cm.
File:Accademia - San Girolamo e un devoto - Piero della Francesca.jpg, Piero della Francesca
''St. Jerome and Donor'', 49 × 42 cm
File:Giovanni Battista Pittoni - The Penitent Magdalene - WGA17973.jpg, Giambattista Pittoni
''Penitent Magdalene'', 48 × 38 cm.
File:Accademia - Deposition by Tintoretto.jpg, Tintoretto
''Lamentation'', 227 × 294 cm.
File:Tintoretto - La Resurrezione.jpg, Tintoretto
''Resurrection''
File:Accademia - Miracle of the Slave by Tintoretto.jpg, Tintoretto
''Miracle of the Slave'', 415 × 541 cm.
File:Accademia - St Mark's Body Brought to Venice by Jacopo Tintoretto.jpg, Tintoretto
''Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice'', 421 × 306 cm.
File:Jacopo Tintoretto - Creation of the Animals - WGA22438.jpg, Tintoretto
''Creation of the Animals'', 151 × 258 cm
File:Accademia - Pietà by Titian.jpg, Titian
''Pietà'', 353 × 348 cm.
File:Titian - Virgin and Child - WGA22835.jpg, Titian
''Virgin and Child'', 124 × 96 cm
File:Titian - St John the Baptist in the Desert - WGA22807.jpg, Titian. '' Saint John the Baptist'', 201 × 134 cm.
File:"Présentation de la Vierge au Temple" de Titien (Accademia, Venise) (8103563222).jpg, Titian
'' The Presentation of the Virgin'', 345 × 775 cm.
File:The Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronese.jpeg, Paolo Veronese
''Battle of Lepanto'', 169 × 137 cm
File:The Feast in the House of Levi by Paolo Veronese (edited 2).jpg, Paolo Veronese
''The Feast in the House of Levi'', 555 × 1280 cm.
File:Accademia - The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Veronese.jpg, Paolo Veronese
''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine'', 337 × 241 cm.
File:Jacopo Tintoretto - The Murder of Abel - WGA22654.jpg, Tintoretto, ''The Murder of Abel'', 149×196 cm

See also

* List of buildings and structures in Venice

References

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Buildings and structures completed in 1343
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Art museums and galleries in Venice
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Art museums established in 1750
1750 establishments in the Republic of Venice
Renaissance architecture in Venice