Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
San Sebastiano Sacristy Ceiling
Image View:
Panels of the Four Evangelists; St. John, detail
Creator:
Paolo Veronese (Italian painter, 1528-1588)
Location:
repository: San Sebastiano (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo di San Sebastiano, Rio di San Basilio
GPS:
45.432 12.32
Date:
1555 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
ceiling
Work Type 2:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas, attached to ceiling
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; John, the Apostle, Saint; Luke, Saint; Mark, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Matthew, the Apostle, Saint; Four Evangelists
Description:
In 1555 Veronese was employed by the fellow Veronese Don Bernardo Torlioni (died 1572), who was prior of S Sebastiano, to paint the ceiling of the church’s sacristy. The central canvas of the sacristy ceiling represents the Coronation of the Virgin, and the four surrounding canvases depict the Evangelists. Unlike the nave, the ceiling, in between the elaborate stuccowork moldings, is all oil on canvas. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-VERON-SS-S-SJ-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

San Sebastiano Sacristy Ceiling