“Detourism: La newsletter di Venezia”, the official Town of Venice Tourist communication Service Newsletter, waiting for Carpaccio’s exhibition at Palazzo Ducale next month, today is introducing us to his masterpieces at the Dalmatian School! Enjoy your reading!
The Dalmatian School and Carpaccio’s masterpieces.
John Ruskin wrote that one of the most beautiful corners of the Italian Renaissance is the Dalmatian School of Saints George and Tryphon, also known as San Giorgio degli Schiavoni.
It began in 1451 as a brotherhood of Dalmatian citizens residing in Venice. For over five centuries, the school has kept its extraordinary artistic heritage intact. It holds one of the most famous pictorial cycles of the early Venetian Renaissance, created by Vittore Carpaccio at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The nine canvases depict the main episodes in the lives of Saints George, Tryphon and Jerome, the brotherhood’s protectors. St. Augustine in his study is certainly the most famous work of the series. St. Augustine is depicted intent on writing, when he is distracted by the apparition of Jerome, who informs him of his imminent death.
Until February 12, 2023, the two splendid canvases Saint Augustine in his study and Saint George and the dragon, recently restored, will be on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.. It hosts the first retrospective dedicated to the artist outside Italy, in collaboration with the Civic Museums of Venice. The exhibition will then stop in Venice from March 18 to June 18, 2023 at the Doge’s Palace.
Other masterpieces by Carpaccio at the Dalmatian School are now under restoration, in an initiative promoted by Save Venice Inc. and will soon be returned to their splendor. The canvas of the Vocation of St. Matthew is currently back on display. In it, the painter reinvents the biblical scene in Venice.
The Dalmatian School is open to the public from 10 am to 5:30 pm every day except Tuesday. The ticket office closes at 5pm. Groups must make reservations by calling the secretary’s office at 041 5208446 from Monday to Friday from 10 to 12, or by email to segreteria@scuoladalmatavenezia.com. Closed on December 25th and January 1st; open until 1:30p.m. December 31st. You can also take a virtual tour of the Dalmatian School.
The Dalmatian School is a stop on the route “In Castello, remembering ancient churches, convents and brotherhoods”, one of the ten Venetian craftsmanship and creativity Routes promoted by the City of Venice.
[source: La newsletter di Venezia del 23.12.2022]
[picture: Vittore Carpaccio, “Il Leone di San Marco” (1516), olio su tela, dettaglio, Palazzo Ducale, Venezia]
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