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 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
Antiphonal Manuscript, Cristoforo Cortese, Archivio Patriarcale
PROJECT 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
PROJECT 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
PROJECT 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.
Staircase, Mauro Codussi, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
PROJECT 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.
Ceiling paintings, Giorgio Vasari, Gallerie dell’Accademia
PROJECT Conservation of Venetian furniture from the post-Napoleonic era, known as the ‘Cattedra Cicognara’, designed by Giuseppe Borsato in 1771, conservation 2015.
Cattedra Cicognara, Gallerie dell’Accademia
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