Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
San Sebastiano Nave Decoration
Image View:
Detail, upper wall; statue and twisted Solomonic columns painted in trompe l'oeil, grisaille fresco
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:
ca. 1555-1560 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
ceiling
Work Type 2:
fresco (painting)
Work Type 3:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster; oil paint on canvas
Technique:
fresco painting (technique); grisaille; oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
decorative arts; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Venetian; trompe l'oeil; twisted Solomonic columns
Description:
Following a commission by Prior Bernardo Torlioni, the Verona-born painter Paolo Veronese spent three periods between 1555 and 1570 decorating various parts of the interior of San Sebastiano. This included paintings, ceiling canvases and frescoes on the nave and altar walls, using fresco, secco and oil. The themes in the nave include the Book of Esther and three scenes from the early life of Jesus. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-VERON-SS-UW-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

San Sebastiano Nave Decoration