Facade and sculpture, San Francesco della Vigna
Completed in 1554 by Sansovino with a facade added by Palladio around 1562, which was restored, with its bronze sculptures, by Venice in Peril in 1994-5
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Capitals from the loggia of the Palazzo Ducale
Stonework conservation of the finely carved 14th and 15th century capitals from the colonnade of the Palazzo Ducale facing the lagoon and the piazza. Much admired by Ruskin. Now in the Museo dell’Opera.
Savelli Monument, Basilica of S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
The earliest free-standing equestrian sculpture in Venice, commemorating the condottiere Paolo Savelli, who died of plague in 1405, during the siege of Padua.
Altar, Tullio Lombardo, Church of San Martino
Renaissance Altar with four kneeling angels by Tullio Lombardo in the church of San Martino
Music Room, Ospedaletto, Campo S. Giovanni e Paolo
This hidden 18th-century frescoed Music Room, designed for choral performances to support its foundation, was restored in 1987-91 by 12 committees.
Oratory of the Order of the Crociferi, Cannaregio
A joint project to protect the building from future flooding, enabling the safe conservation of Palma Giovane’s cycle of paintings.
San Pantalon Altarpiece, Paolo Veronese
Painted in 1587, for the main altar of the original 13th century church of San Pantalon and thought to be Veronese’s last work, it shows the saint healing a boy.
Four saints, Organ Shutter panels, Sebastiano del Piombo, Accademia
Painted panels showing two pairs of saints for the inside and outside of the organ shutters of San Bartolomeo a Rialto by Sebastiano del Piombo 1510-11.
Mosaics, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello
A special international committee was formed to raise funds for the conservation of the world-famous mosaics in the apse and on the west wall, carried out between 1975 and 1980
Polychrome wooden Crucifix at San Giorgio Maggiore
The crucifix dating to 1469 was conserved by Max Leuthenmayr and Benito Ghezzo in 1980. The first of a series of projects funded by the Velay family through their Fondation Jean-Barthélemy.