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The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice . Object type: painting. Genre: Veduta : Date: 1742/1744: Medium: oil on canvas ... National Gallery of Art artwork ID: 32588 ;
The painting of St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria was commissioned by the Scuola Grande di San Marco (Great Confraternity of St. Mark) in Venice for their gathering house in the Campo San Giovanni e Polo, perhaps the biggest important square in Venice. The great Confraternity of St. Mark was reconstructed after a massive fire took a hit on the ...
Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa san ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").
The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice 1742–1744: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice: 1742–1744: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States Entrance to the Grand Canal; Looking East: 1742–1744: Windsor Castle, England The Piazza San Marco, Venice: 1742–1746
The Procession in St. Mark's Square (Italian: Processione in piazza San Marco) is a tempera-on-canvas painting by Italian Renaissance artist Gentile Bellini, dating from c. 1496. It is housed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (Italian: Basilica di San Marco; Venetian: Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello.
The original library building is located in Saint Mark's Square, Venice's former governmental centre, with its long façade facing the Doge's Palace. Constructed between 1537 and 1588, it is considered the masterpiece of the architect Jacopo Sansovino and a key work in Venetian Renaissance architecture.
However, when the chapel of Basilica di San Marco was rebuilt in 1063, Saint Mark's body could not be found. [3] Thirty years after this, it was said that Saint Mark's body re-appeared, with his arm appearing from an old pillar. [3] After re-appearing, Saint Mark's body was finally put in a sculptured coffin below the high altar in the chapel. [3]