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Academy of Fine Arts Description

(Local Name: Galleria dell'Accademia) The Galleria dell'Accademia, called "Accademia" for short, is on the Canal Grande near the Ponte dell'Accademia. It has the most important and comprehensive collection of 15th-18th century Venetian painting in existence.

The basis of the collection was the Accademia di Belle Arti founded in 1750 by the painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Since 1807 it has been housed in the former Monastery of Santa Maria della Carità (15th century) and the adjacent monastery buildings of the Lateran Canons (ca. 1500).

Church, monastery and school were secularized about 1800. In 1802 private art-lovers set up a temporary depot in the empty rooms for works of art that had become

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Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Major world-scale museum

Academy of Fine Arts Highlights

Academy of Fine Arts - 15th and 16th Century

Room 23: This room was part of the former Monastery Church of Santa Maria della Carità. It contains 15th and 16th century paintings by G. Bellini, Alvise and Bartolomeo Vivarini, Cima da Conegliano

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Academy of Fine Arts - 16th to 18th Century Works

Room 12: 18th century Venetian landscapes.

Room 13: Works by 16th century Venetian painters including Jacopo Bassano and Jacopo Tintoretto.

Room 14: 17th century Italian painters, including

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Academy of Fine Arts - Antonio Canovas Works

Rooms 16-19: Early works by Giambattista Tiepolo (18th century), "The Fortune Teller" by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (a major work), and paintings by Francesco Guardi and Giovanni Antonio Canaletto

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Academy of Fine Arts - Former Hall

Room 24: Former Hall of the Scuola della Corità. It contains "The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple" and the "Mourning of Christ" by Titian, and a Byzantine-Venetian reliquary.

Academy of Fine Arts - Giandomenico Tiepolos Works

Room 15: Two paintings with religious themes by Giandomenico Tiepolo (son of Giambattista Tiepolo).

Academy of Fine Arts - Giogiones Works

Room 5: "Sacra Conversazione" - also called "Madonna Giovanelli" - by Giovanni Bellini and five panels with allegories; works by the Venetian painter Giogione: "Tempèsta" (probably the master's best-known work) and "Old Woman".

Academy of Fine Arts - Jacopo Tintoretts Works

Room 10: Scenes by Jacopo Tintoretto from the Life of St Mark, including "The Miracle of St Mark"; "Supper in the House of Levi" by Paolo Veronese and the magnificent "Pietà" by Titian.

Academy of Fine Arts - Legend of St Ursula

Room 21: A series of paintings of the legend of St Ursula (Martyrdom of the Breton princess) by Vittore Carpaccio (late 15th century).

Room 22: Corridor with Neo-Classical pictures.

Academy of Fine Arts - Renaissance Painting

Room 2: 15th and 16th century Renaissance painting. "Madonna and Saints" by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516), "The Garden of Gethsemane" by Marco Basaiti, "Portrait of Christ" by Vittore Carpaccio and

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Academy of Fine Arts - Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista's works

Room 20: This room contains paintings from the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, including the work of Gentile Bellini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Mansueti, Lazzaro Bastiani, etc.

All paintings

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Academy of Fine Arts - Titians Works

Room 6: "Fishermen presenting St Mark's Ring to the Doge" by Paris Bordone, "Banquet of Dives" by Bonifacio de' Pitati and "St John the Baptist" by Titian.

Academy of Fine Arts - Venetian Gothic Painting

Room 1: This room formerly belonged to the Scuola di Santa Maria della Carità and has a richly carved and gilded ceiling (15th century). It contains works by masters of Venetian Gothic painting

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Academy of Fine Arts - Venetian Painters

Room 7: "Gentleman in his Study" by the Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto.

Room 8: Palma the Elder's "Sacra Conversazione".

Room 9: Paintings by Fr. Vecellio and works by the school of Tintoretto.

Academy of Fine Arts - Works by Italian Painters

Room 11: Several works by Jacopo Tintoretto, including "Cain and Abel"; the "Marriage of St Catherine" by Paolo Veronese, and works by the Italian painters Giabattista Tiepolo, Luca Giodano and Pietro da Cortona.

Address

Academy of Fine Arts
Dorsoduro 1050
I-30100 Venice
Italy

http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/sito/home.html

Hours



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Closed	14:00	19:15	19:15	19:15	19:15	19:15	19:15

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25)