A conservation maintenance project by students of the Istituto Veneto per i Beni Culturali, to clean the surfaces of the funerary stele of Ammiraglio Angelo Emo
Memorial to Ammiraglio Angelo Emo, Antonio Canova, Museo Navale Read More »
A late 13th century marble relief showing St Peter in toga with keys and scroll, set in a niche in Campo San Trovaso
San Pietro Relief at San Trovaso Read More »
To mark Venice in Peril’s half century we are launching an Appeal to fund the conservation of the early 18th-century ‘Trinita’ wellhead in the great cloister of the Archvio di Stato
Trinity Wellhead, Archivio di Stato Read More »
Venice in Peril Fund celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2021. It was founded in 1971, following on from the work of the Italian Art and Archives Rescue Fund that had initially been set up after the 1966 floods which ravaged both Florence and Venice.
50th Anniversary Appeal Read More »
The iconostasis – a screen with icons between sanctuary and nave – is richly expressive of Veneto-Byzantine tradition. The stonework dates to 1100 and the paintings to the early 15C.
Iconostasis, Cathedral of Torcello Read More »
The First World War Memorial doors of Venice’s Anglican Church were cast from British cannon in the Arsenale foundry in the 1920s.
First World War Memorial Doors, St George’s church Read More »
Cleaning and consolidation of three Byzantine reliefs and a Renaissance holy water stoup, in Cappella Zen, adjoining the narthex of Basilica of San Marco
Cappella Zen, Basilica San Marco Read More »
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.
Canova Monument, Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, 2020-21 Read More »
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.
Stone sculpture of a Winged Figure with Elephant Read More »
Antonio Canova modelled these lions on his tomb for the Venetian Pope Clement XII. Used as drawing models by students from 1840 they have now been restored.
Plaster models of ‘Rezzonico’ lions, Accademia Galleries Read More »
