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San
Pantalon is a particularly lavish 17th-century
church with a stupendous canvas ceiling
painting by G A Fumiani; it was, however,
for the preceding 12th- and 13th-century
building that this altarpiece was painted.
There it was placed on the main altar, but
in 1737 it was moved to a side altar on
the right of the gloomy baroque nave, where
it is hard to see. Thought to be Paolo Veronese's
last work and to date from 1587, the painting
depicts an instance of divine healing.
The roof, windows and ceiling were restored
in 1971. The conservation of the painting
in 1982-83 was funded by Venice in Peril
in preparation for its inclusion in the
"Genius of Venice" exhibition
at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in
1983.
DIRECTION OF WORKS: Superintendency for
the Artistic and Historical Heritage
CONSERVATOR: Ottorino Nonfarmale |
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