Venice - Confraternity House of the Carmelites Scuola dei Carmini
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This Scuola formerly served one of the six most important confraternities of Venice. The Scuole were not schools but meeting-places and houses of prayer for religious fraternities where Venetian citizens banded together. They were organized either according to country of origin or according to occupation, had specific religious or charitable aims and above all provided mutual assistance and charitable benefits.
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The Scuola dei Carmini belonged to a lay confraternity of Carmelites who, nevertheless, were able to commission such important artists as Giambattista Tiepolo and Nicolò Bambini to decorate their house for them. In the hall on the upper floor Tiepolo created nine ceiling-paintings between 1739 and 1744, including his most mature work "Mary handing St Simon the Scapular of the Carmelites". He was paid only 400 sequins for this fresco.
The other paintings, including those by Bambini, all dating from the 18th century are also of interest.
Address:
Scuola Grande dei Carmini, Calle dei Carmini
Dorsoduro 2617, I-30100 Venice, Italy
Dorsoduro 2617, I-30100 Venice, Italy
Hours:
2:30pm-5:30pm; Closed: Sun
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Liberation Day - Italy (April 25), Festival of the Tricolor - Italy (May 12), Feast of St John the Baptist - Christian (June 24), Victory Day / National Unity Day - Italy (November 4)
Tips: Photography prohibited.
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