First World War Memorial Doors, St George’s church
The First World War Memorial doors of Venice’s Anglican Church were cast from British cannon in the Arsenale foundry in the 1920s.
Ceiling of the Sala Capitolare, by Tintoretto, Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Ahead of a major restoration of Tintoretto’s magnificent ceiling at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice in Peril funded the preparatory surveys which will be the key interactive information resource for the conservation.
Cortese Antiphonal, a manuscript with illuminations by Cristoforo Cortese, 1450
Cortese Antiphonal – a project to conserve the illuminated miniatures in a book of mass settings: ‘Antiphonary from Advent to Easter Saturday’, now in the Archivio Patriarcale di Venezia
Cappella Zen, Basilica San Marco
Cleaning and consolidation of three Byzantine reliefs and a Renaissance holy water stoup, in Cappella Zen, adjoining the narthex of Basilica of San Marco
Canova Monument, Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, 2020-21
The marble memorial to sculptor Antonio Canova in the church of the Frari is Venice’s most striking monument from the age of neo-classicism.
Staircase by Mauro Codussi at the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
An enabling project ahead of a major €1million restoration to fund urgent work to the monumental staircase, built by Mauro Codussi in 1498, which was pulling away from the rest of the building.
Ceiling paintings, Giorgio Vasari, Accademia Galleries
When the Accademia Galleries mounted a campaign to reassemble the lost ceiling of Ca’ Corner Spinelli, Venice in Peril helped acquire the ‘Hope’ and ‘Faith’ panels.
Furniture conservation, Cattedra Cicognara, Accademia
Conservation of Venetian furniture from the post-Napoleonic era, known as the ‘Cattedra Cicognara’, designed by Giuseppe Borsato in 1771, conservation 2015.
Manuscript Choir Books from Basilica San Marco, Archivio Patriarcale
A series of seven manuscript choir books with mass settings from the 16th-18th centuries, from the Cappella Ducale of San Marco. Conserved 2016, now in the Archivio Patriarcale.
Stone sculpture of a Winged Figure with Elephant
In the third courtyard of the Procuratie Nuove, Piazza San Marco, facing a staircase leading to the apartments of the ex-Palazzo Reale, an allegorical stone sculpture of a winged female figure with a small elephant can be seen.