PROJECT
‘Angel & Saints’, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Church of San Vidal

One of a group of altarpieces commissioned from GB Piazzetta for San Vidal. Conserved for the Royal Academy’s ‘Glory of Venice’ exhibition in 1994.

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Polychrome ceiling and frescoes, Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione

A small Renaissance church on the Zattere where VIP conserved the coffered painted ceiling containing 58 roundels with patriarchs, prophets and martyrs. The Magistrato alle Acque paid for the roof repairs and the Australian Committee for fresco conservation and the Pentecost altarpiece.

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Full restoration, Church of Madonna dell’Orto

Dedicated to St Christopher whose statue, above the main door, was restored in an early partnership between Venice conservators and the V&A Museum.

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Facade and sculpture, Church of 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, 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.

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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.