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The inner courtyard VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
was designed by
Andrea Palladio. Practical Information
Campo della Carità. Map 6 E3.
Tel 041 520 03 45. Open 8:15am–
7pm daily (to 2pm Mon). Last
adm: 45 mins before closing.
Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec.
& ^ 9 8 Quadreria:
Open Fri am. 8 =
∑ gallerieaccademia.org
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Transport
4 Accademia.

The Stealing of St Mark
Jacopo Tintoretto’s painting of
12 1562 shows the Christians of
Alexandria abducting the body
10 of St Mark, which was about to
be burned by the pagans.

6 9 Ceiling Sketch
5 Tiepolo’s The
8 Translation of
4 the Holy House
to Loreto (c.1742)
3 7 was a sketch for
the ceiling of the
21 Scalzi church
(see p149).
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. Cycle of St Ursula
(1495–1500) (detail)
The Arrival of the English Ambassadors is one of Vittore
Carpaccio’s eight paintings chronicling the tragic story
of St Ursula.

. Coronation of the Virgin
Paolo Veneziano’s polyptych (1325) 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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