The venetian masterpiece by Giorgio Vasari

A re-assembled Renaissance ceiling

Almost five centuries since its creation, on August 28 2024 the ceiling Giorgio Vasari painted for Palazzo Corner Spinelli in Venice will be unveiled to the public, wholly recomposed at last.

The panels that made up the coffered ceiling have been dispresed since the late Eighteenth century, but in the last forty years the State has been hard at work in reuniting and giving them back to Venice. The nine panels are now all held by the Gallerie dell'Accademia and for the first time together will enter our permanent museum itinerary in a dedicated hall.

In the five main panels are depicted Allegories of Virtues, with Charity in the center and Faith, Hope, Justice and Patience on the sides. In the corners are three Putti with signs, while the fourth has unfortunately been lost.

The paintings include the Suicide of Judas, once hosted in the Museo di Casa Vasari in Arezzo, whence it came to the Gallerie after the provenance from the Corner Spinelli ceiling was discovered. The work is a fragment cut out of the Allegory of Hope, purchased in 2017.

Inauguration

The inauguration of the hall will be held on Werdnesday, August 28 2024 at 17:00, with guided tours by the Gallerie's restorers and curators.

A Renaissance music concert will take place at 19:30, performed by the instrumental and vocal ensemble of the early music department of the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello of Venice.

After the concert we'll resume the guided tours.

The event is part of our Una Sera al Museo initiative: we'll be open until 23:15 (last entrance at 22:15).