Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Funerary Monument of the Valier Family
Alternate Title:
Funerary Monument of Doge Silvestro Valiero
Image View:
Detail, allegorical figures on the high base with the three Valier statues above
Creator:
Andrea Tirali (Italian designer, ca. 1660-1737)
Location:
repository: Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo) (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Castello sestiere
GPS:
45.4392 12.3421
Date:
1705-1708 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque; Eighteenth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
monument
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white marble; yellow marble; black marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
allegory; death or burial; funerary art; rulers and leaders; Venetian
Description:
After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held in San Zanipolo, and twenty-five doges are buried in the church. Silvestro Valiero or Valier (1630-1700) was the 109th Doge of Venice. Between 1705 and 1708, a tomb was built in the Basilica for Valiero, his wife, Elisabetta Querini (died 1708) and his father, Doge Bertucci Valier (died 1658). The tomb is flanked by two large pairs of Corinthian columns in black marble and features a huge "drapery" of yellow marble. The tomb was designed by architect Andrea Tirali, with sculptures from Antonio Tarsia, Pietro Baratta, and Giovanni Bonazza; the relief sculpture was overseen by Gruppello Marino. (Source: Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo) [website]; http://www.basilicas antigiovanniepaolo.i t/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-TIRALI-BSG-FMV-A 08
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Funerary Monument of the Valier Family