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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST 0 San Rocco
Practical Information Campo San Rocco. Map 6 D1. Tel 041
Campo San Rocco. Map 6 D1. 523 48 64. 4 San Tomà. Open
Tel 041 523 48 64. Open 9:30am– 9:30am–5:30pm daily (to 12:30pm
5:30pm daily (ticket office closes 1 Jan, Easter Sun & 25 Dec). ^
at 5pm). Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. On the same square as the
& 9 = 7 ^ celebrated Scuola Grande
∑ scuolagrandesanrocco.it
di San Rocco is the church
Transport of the same name. Designed
4 San Tomà. by the sculptor and architect
Bartolomeo Bon in 1489 and
remarked of this painting: “No largely rebuilt in 1725, the
Detail from The Temptation of Christ single picture contains more of exterior suffers from a mixture
(1578–81) by Tintoretto human life; there is everything in of styles. The façade was added
it, including the most exquisite in 1765–71. Inside, the chancel
The easel painting Christ Carrying beauty.” Tintoretto began the is decorated with a series of
the Cross was once attributed to cycle of paintings in this room paintings by Tintoretto depicting
Giorgione, though many believe in 1564, when he won the scenes from the life of San Rocco.
it to be by Titian. commission with the ceiling
Near the entrance to the Sala painting San Rocco in Glory. On q San Pantalon
dell’Albergo, is the Annunciation the wall opposite the Crucifixion
by Titian. The Sala dell’Albergo are paintings of episodes from Campo San Pantalon. Map 6 D2. Tel
itself holds the most breath ­ the Passion: Christ before Pilate, 041 523 58 93. 4 San Tomà, Piazzale
taking of Tintoretto’s works – the The Crowning with Thorns and Roma. Open 10am–noon, 1–3pm
Crucifixion (1565). Henry James The Ascent to Calvary. Mon–Sat. ^ ∑ sanpantalon.it

Key to Paintings
Ground Floor Hall 1 The Upper Hall Ceiling 22 Moses Saved
Annunciation; 2 The Adoration of the from the Waters; 23 The Pillar
Three Kings; 3 The Flight into Egypt; of Fire; 24 Samuel and Saul; 25 Jacob’s
4 The Massacre of the Innocents; 5 St Ladder; 26 Elijah on a Chariot of Fire;
Mary Magdalene; 6 St Mary of Egypt; 27 Elijah Fed by the Angels; 28 Daniel
7 The Presentation in the Temple; Saved by the Angels; 29 The Passover;
8 The Assumption. 30 The Fall of Manna; 31 The Sacrifice
of Isaac; 32 The Miracle of the Bronze
Serpent; 33 Jonah Emerges from the
Upper Hall Walls 9 San Rocco; 10 St
Sebastian; 11 The Adoration of the Whale; 34 Moses Strikes Water from
the Rock; 35 Adam and Eve; 36 Three
Shepherds; 12 The Baptism of Christ;
13 The Resurrection; 14 The Agony in Children in the Furnace; 37 God
Appears to Moses; 38 Samson Brings
the Garden; 15 The Last Supper; 16 The
Vision of San Rocco; 17 The Miracle of out Water from the Jawbone of an Ass;
the Loaves and Fishes; 18 The Resurrection 39 The Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel;
40 The Vision of Jeremiah; 41 Elisha
of Lazarus; 19 The Ascension; 20 Christ
Heals the Paralytic; 21 The Temptation Distributes Bread; 42 Abraham and
Melchizedeck.
of Christ.
Fumiani’s epic ceiling painting
(1680–1740) in San Pantalon
The overwhelming feature of
this late 17th­century church
is its vast painted ceiling, dark,
awe­inspiring and remarkable
for its illusionistic effect of
height. The ceiling comprises a
total of 40 scenes, and admirers
claim that this is the world’s
largest work of art on canvas.
The scenes show the
martyrdom and apotheosis of
the physician St Pantalon. The
artist, Gian Antonio Fumiani,
took 24 years (1680–1704) to
achieve the masterpiece, before
allegedly falling to his death
Ground Floor Hall Upper Hall from the scaffolding.
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