Two rare 14th-century Venetian mariegole discovered at Boston Public Library by Dr Lisa Fagin-Davis return to Venice State Archives for conservation.
Venice in Peril is restoring Cabianca’s masterpiece, the 1711 Reliquary Altar at the Basilica of the Frari, which urgently needs repair due to structural instability.
Reliquary Altar, Cabianca, Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa dei Frari 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 »
Eighteenth century marionettes from the collections of Ca’ Goldoni, house museum of the celebrated Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni
Twenty 18th-century Marionettes, Casa Goldoni Read More »
Conservation of fifteen bound volumes of the campaign dispatches of one of Venice’s great commanders, Francesco Morosini, marking the 400th anniversiry of his birth.
The Campaign Despatches of Francesco Morosini 1619-1699, Archivio di Stato Read More »
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.
Ceiling of the Sala Capitolare, by Tintoretto, Scuola Grande di San Rocco 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 »
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 by Mauro Codussi at the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista Read More »
The conservation of the Renaissance doorway and rose window was funded by Martin Randall Travel after a festival in the adjacent Scuola di San Rocco in 2001-02.
Renaissance Doorway and rose window, Church of San Rocco Read More »
The earliest free-standing equestrian sculpture in Venice, commemorating the condottiere Paolo Savelli, who died of plague in 1405, during the siege of Padua.
Savelli Monument, Basilica of S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Read More »
