Venice - Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

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-builder Jacopo Sansovino (c. 1550). He more than anyone else left his mark on the townscape of Venice and created masterpieces in the field of interior decoration.

Cappella Milonese

In this chapel is an inscribed stone marking the grave of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), the pioneer of opera; the retable "St Ambrose with Saints" and "Coronation of the Virgin" was begun by Alvise Vivarini and completed by Marco Basaiti.

Sanctuary

The Sanctuary contains the tomb of the Doges Francesco Foscari (1423-47) and Niccolò Tron (1471-73) by Antonio Rizzo. Of especial note is Titian's painting, created between 1516 and 1518, over the High Altar, the "Assunta" (Assumption of the Virgin). The painting is orientated upwards and is divided into three zones.

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contains only his heart, his body having been buried in his native town of Possagno.

Mausoleum of Doge Giovanni Pesaro

The mausoleum for Doge Giovanni Pesaro is the work of the sculptor Baldassare Longhens.

"Madonna di Ca' Pesaro"

This painting, completed in 1526, is one of Titian's most important works.

Cappella Emiliani

The chapel has a very fine polyptych with marble figures (mid 15th century).

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in 1451 (first chapel to the right of the Sanctuary). It depicts St John the Baptist preaching - his mouth is open and his right hand raised in gesture.

Cappella Bernardo

In the third chapel to the right of the Sanctuary is a triptych, "Madonna with Child and Saints", dating from 1482 by the Italian painter Bartolomeo Vivarini.

The Sacristy

The Triptych "The Madonna and Child Enthroned with four Saints". The painting, a gift from the Pesaro family, is by Giovanni Bellini. It depicts the Patron Saint of Pietro Pesaro (father), Niccolò, Marco and Benedetto (sons).

Nave

Monastic Choir

The choir is an outstanding example of the wood-carving of Marco Cozzi.

South aisle

"St Jerome"

The marble statue by Alessandro Vittoria dates from 1560. The stone in the Saint's hand refers to his self-castigation. Jerome lived as a hermit for a time.

Mausoleum of Titian

This was a gift from Ferdinand I of Austria, king of Lombardy Veneto, and is the work of the Zandomeneghi brothers (1852).