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t Accademia
The art collection in the Accademia offers a complete
spectrum of the Venetian School, from the Byzantine era
through the Renaissance to the Baroque and later. The basis
of the collection was the Accademia di Belle Arti founded in
1750 by the painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. In 1807
Napoleon moved the collection to these premises, enriching
it with artworks removed from churches and monasteries.
The Accademia is currently undergoing extensive
restoration, which may result in
changes to the floorplan.
The Tempest (c.1507)
In this enigmatic landscape, Giorgione
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was probably creating a fantasy rather
The former church than portraying any specific subject.
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della Carità
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Feast in the House
of Levi (1573) by
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Paolo Veronese
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The courtyard (1561)
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1300–1450 and Madonna and
1450–1600 Child between St
1450–1600 John the Baptist and
a Saint (c.1504)
1600–1700 In this beautiful painting,
1600–1700 and Giovanni Bellini places the
1450–1600 figures in a spacious
1700–1800 landscape, so marking a new
phase in his development.
1600–1700 and
1700–1800
Future access areas
Temporary exhibitions
Entrance
Coronation of the Virgin (1325)
Paolo Veneziano’s polyptych has a central image of the
Virgin surrounded by a panoply of religious scenes. This
detail shows episodes from the Life of St Francis.
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