Venice in Peril

For over 40 years, the Venice in Peril Fund has disbursed millions of pounds for the restoration of Venetian monuments, buildings and works of art.

Results

PROJECT
Surveys, Ceiling of the Sala Capitolare, 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.

PROJECT
Antiphonal Manuscript, Cristoforo Cortese, Archivio Patriarcale

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​

PROJECT
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

PROJECT
Canova Monument, Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

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.

PROJECT
Staircase, Mauro Codussi, 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.

PROJECT
Ceiling paintings, Giorgio Vasari, Gallerie dell’Accademia

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.

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Projects