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List of illustrations

  • Diletti altarpiece
  • View of Diletti chapel with Giovanni Bellini's altarpiece
  • Original destinations of Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
  • Saint Michael triptych
  • View of sacristy with Giovanni Bellini's triptych
  • A chronological survey of major Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
  • A chronological survey of major Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
  • Altar of Saint Peter Martyr
  • Polyptych
  • San Rocco altarpiece
  • Annunciation with Saints Augustine and Filippo Benizzi
  • Coronation of the Virgin, detail
  • Saint Peter Martyr altarpiece
  • Death of Saint Peter Martyr
  • Saint Vincent Ferrer polyptych
  • The Incredulity of Thomas, detail
  • Map of Venice with indication of principal churches on Venetian islands
  • Map of Venice with indication of principal city churches
  • View of high altar with baldachin and Pala d'Oro
  • Plan of San Marco
  • Pala d'Oro
  • Saint Leonard relief
  • Discovery of the Relics of Saint Mark
  • Montini altarpiece, detail
  • View of Cappella dei Mascoli, with altarpiece of c. 1430
  • San Giacomo di Rialto, interior
  • Apsidal mosaic from San Cipriano, Murano
  • Saint Donatus relief
  • Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, interior
  • Santi Giovanni e Paolo, interior
  • Plan of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
  • Plan of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
  • Apparition of the Crucifixes of Mount Ararat in the Church of Sant’Antonio di Castello
  • Saint Mark altarpiece
  • Saint John the Baptist
  • Saint Lucy polyptych
  • Coronation of the Virgin polyptych
  • Assumption of the Virgin ('L'Assunta'), detail
  • Chapel of Saint Tarasio
  • Tomb of Doge Pasquale Malipiero
  • Plan of San Giobbe
  • View of chancel
  • View of nave, from chancel to main entrance
  • San Giobbe altarpiece
  • View of Bernabò chapel
  • Plan of San Giovanni Crisostomo
  • Trevisan altarpiece
  • Martyrdom of Saint Christina
  • Virgin and Child with Saints and Doge Leonardo Loredan
  • Saint Stephen with Saint Augustine and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
  • Apotheosis of Ursula and Her Companions
  • Saint John the Evangelist Appearing to Galla Placidia
  • Altarpiece of the Sacrament
  • The Calling of the Sons of Zebedee, detail
  • Saint John the Baptist altarpiece
  • Saint Ambrose altarpiece
  • Resurrection of Christ
  • Dedications of altars in Venetian churches, 1581
  • Subjects of altarpieces commissioned for Venetian churches, 1450–1530
  • Saints most commonly represented in altarpieces for Venetian churches, 1450–1530
  • Altarpieces for Venetian churches with a narrative as the main subject, 1450–1530
  • Saint Anthony of Padua altarpiece
  • Assumption of the Virgin
  • Mestre triptych
  • Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Nativity with Saints Eustace, James, Mark, and Nicholas
  • Transfigured Christ with Saints Peter and Andrew
  • Blood of the Redeemer
  • Transfiguration
  • Dragan altarpiece
  • Resurrection polyptych
  • Incredulity of Saint Thomas and Saint Magnus of Oderzo, detail
  • Saint Antoninus Altarpiece
  • Arrival of the English Ambassadors
  • The Calling of the Sons of Zebedee
  • Christ carrying the Cross
  • The Virgin and Child with Saints Christopher and John the Baptist, and Doge Giovanni Mocenigo
  • Votive Picture of Doge Agostino Barbarigo
  • Madonna of the Orange Tree
  • Resurrection polyptych, detail
  • Surviving panels from the Saint Augustine polyptych
  • Altarpieces for metropolitan Venice, 1450–1530, according to type of church
  • Altarpieces for Venetian monasteries and friaries, 1450–1530
  • Saint Veneranda altarpiece
  • San Zaccaria altarpiece
  • Baptism of Christ
  • Saint Andrew triptych
  • Saint Gotthard altarpiece
  • Adoration of the Magi in the Presence of Saint Helen
  • Valier altarpiece
  • Ca' Pesaro altarpiece
  • Triptych of the Madonna with Child and Saints (Carità triptychs)
  • Nativity Triptych (Carità triptychs)
  • Saint Sebastian Triptych (Carità triptychs)
  • Saint Lawrence Triptych (Carità triptychs)
  • Saint Catherine of Siena altarpiece
  • Santa Maria Formosa triptych
  • View of interior from the chancel to the main entrance
  • View of the Corner chapel
  • Altarpiece commissions by/for patrician families, 1450–1530
  • Priuli triptych
  • Altarpiece commissions by/for citizen families, 1450–1530
  • Plan of Santa Maria della Carità
  • Main statues of the Martini altarpiece
  • Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Grandi, 1416–1517
  • Offering of the Relic of the Cross to the Brothers of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
  • Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Piccole, 1450–1530
  • Commissions by Venetian trade guilds, c. 1450–1530
  • Altarpiece commissions by foreign communities, 1438–1506
  • Saint Ambrose altarpiece
  • Saint Sebastian altarpiece
  • Annunciation
  • Saint Barbara polyptych
  • Former chapel of the Milanesi
  • Feast of the Rose Garlands
  • Tomb monument of Doges Marco and Agostino Barbarigo (1492–c. 1501) in Santa Maria della Carità
  • Chapel of Saint Clement
  • Saint James altarpiece
  • Saint Paul altarpiece
  • Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Doge Andrea Gritti as Donor
  • Zen altarpiece
  • Architectural frame of Verde della Scala altarpiece
  • Destinations of Venetian altarpieces commissioned for export, 1450–1530
  • Map of Italy
  • Virgin and the Dead Christ with the Ascension and Saints
  • Bari altarpiece
  • Central panel of Pesaro altarpiece
  • Pesaro polyptych
  • Saint Martin polyptych
  • Olera polyptych
  • Capodistria polyptych
  • Death of Saint Peter Martyr
  • Baptism
  • Pesaro altarpiece
  • Back of Cima's Incredulity of Thomas before transfer to new support
  • Diagram of carpentry of Titian's Ancona altarpiece
  • Ancona altarpiece
  • Axonometric projection of Giovanni Bellini's Coronation of the Virgin
  • Back of Certosa polyptych
  • Side view of Certosa polyptych
  • Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas panels from the Certosa polyptych
  • Altar of Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Saint Nicholas altarpiece
  • Saint John the Baptist altarpiece
  • Santa Giustina altarpiece
  • Design for an altarpiece
  • Design for an altarpiece
  • Design for an altarpiece
  • Design for an altarpiece
  • Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
  • Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530: sculpture
  • Cesena altarpiece
  • Saint Erasmus altarpiece
  • Colleoni Martinengo Altarpiece
  • Polyptych
  • Reconstruction of pentaptych by Dirk Bouts
  • The Annunciation
  • Resurrection
  • Certosa polyptych
  • Polyptych of the Adoration and Saints
  • Coronation polyptych
  • Polyptych of the Annunciation (Lion Polyptych)
  • Coronation polyptych
  • Saint Lucy altarpiece
  • Annalena altarpiece
  • The Investiture of Saint Peter Martyr
  • Saint John the Baptist in a Niche
  • Lamentation
  • Annunciation
  • Four Fathers of the Church triptych
  • Reconstruction of triptych by Filippo Lippi
  • Saint Jerome triptych
  • Morosini polyptych
  • Morosini polyptych
  • Saint Mark altarpiece, detail
  • A Bishop Saint, perhaps Saint Augustine (fragment of Santa Giustina altarpiece)
  • Polyptych
  • Reconstruction of Donatello's Santo altarpiece
  • View of high altar with sculptures by Donatello (1446–c. 1450)
  • View of Ovetari chapel
  • San Zeno triptych
  • Reconstruction of Gattamelata triptych by Jacopo, Gentile and Giovanni Bellini
  • Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena
  • Lamentation
  • Three Saints in Niches
  • Panels from the Carità triptychs in a modern Renaissance-style frame
  • Transfiguration
  • Altar of Saint Vincent Ferrer, with polyptych by Giovanni Bellini
  • Saint Catherine of Siena altarpiece
  • Photographic reconstruction of Bellini's Saint Catherine of Siena altarpiece in its frame
  • Naples altarpiece
  • Coronation of the Virgin
  • Reconstruction of Marco Zoppo's Pesaro altarpiece
  • Coronation polyptych
  • Tomb of Doge Pietro Mocenigo
  • Tomb of Doge Niccolò Marcello
  • Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
  • Madonna and Child with Nicholas of Bari, Anastasia (?), Ursula, Dominikus, and Helena
  • Reconstruction of Antonello's San Cassiano altarpiece
  • Modification of Wilde's reconstruction of the San Cassiano altarpiece
  • Saint Sebastian (left wing of San Giuliano triptych)
  • Melzi d'Eril polyptych
  • Veli LoÅ¡inj altarpiece
  • Photographic reconstruction of Giovanni Bellini's San Giobbe altarpiece in its original frame
  • San Giobbe altarpiece, detail
  • Tabernacle of the Sacrament
  • Treviso altarpiece
  • Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
  • Belluno altarpiece
  • San Cristoforo altarpiece
  • Conegliano altarpiece
  • Ex-Scuola di San Marco, façade
  • Altar of Saint John the Baptist with Cima's altarpiece
  • Madonna of the Orange Tree, detail
  • Parma altarpiece
  • Boldú altarpiece
  • Tomb of Doge Andrea Vendramin
  • Montefiorentino polyptych
  • Frari triptych
  • Ca' Bernardo triptych
  • Polyptych
  • Resurrection of Christ
  • Former Zorzi chapel
  • Former Fioccardo chapel
  • Assumption of the Virgin
  • Pentecost polyptych
  • Assumption of the Virgin
  • Assumption polyptych
  • Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints Francis and Bernardine of Siena
  • San Giovanni in Bragora, interior
  • Resurrection of Christ
  • Constantine and Helena
  • Tomb of Giovanni Mocenigo
  • San Zaccaria altarpiece, detail
  • San Zaccaria altarpiece in its frame
  • Montini altarpiece
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas altarpiece
  • Castelfranco altarpiece
  • Castelfranco altarpiece, detail
  • San Giovanni Crisostomo altarpiece
  • Diletti altarpiece, detail
  • Saint Mark altarpiece
  • Reconstruction of the first version of Titian's Saint Nicholas altarpiece
  • Saint Christina altarpiece
  • Zerman altarpiece
  • View of presbytery with altarpiece
  • San Niccolò altarpiece
  • Graziani altar with Giovanni Bellini's Baptism
  • Baptism of Christ
  • Lamentation
  • Nativity
  • The Incredulity of Thomas
  • Incredulity of Saint Thomas and Saint Magnus of Oderzo
  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
  • Agony in the Garden
  • Former Sanudo altar, with frame for Vittore Carpaccio's Presentation
  • Former Foscari altar, with frame for Marco Basaiti's Agony in the Garden
  • Calling of the Sons of Zebedee
  • Crucifixion and Apotheosis of the Ten Thousand Martyrs
  • Assumption of the Virgin
  • The Assumption of the Virgin
  • Barcaiuoli altarpiece
  • San Giuliano altarpiece
  • Feast of the Rose Garlands, detail
  • The Distribution of Rosaries
  • Drawing for the Adoration of the Trinity
  • Coronation of Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Saint Catherine of Siena altarpiece, detail
  • Saint Anne altarpiece
  • Santi Giovanni e Paolo altarpiece
  • Pietà with Saints Lawrence and Bellinus
  • Polyptych
  • View of Martini chapel, with altarpiece by Antonio Rossellino
  • Martini altarpiece
  • Design for an altar with three niches containing sculpture
  • Former Corbelli altar
  • Saint Jerome
  • Statues from Colleoni altarpiece
  • Saint Jerome altarpiece
  • Nativity
  • View of Gussoni chapel and altarpiece
  • Gussoni altarpiece
  • Surian altarpiece
  • Coronation of the Virgin
  • Resurrected Christ
  • Vision of Saint Augustine
  • Statues of the Zen altarpiece
  • Reconstruction of Antonio Lombardo's original project (1504) for the Zen altarpiece
  • San Sepolcro altarpiece
  • Interior view, with high altarpiece in main apse
  • San Geminiano altarpiece
  • Chapel of the Sacrament
  • Trevisan altarpiece, detail
  • Saint Marina
  • San Salvatore, interior
  • High altar
  • Annunciation
  • Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Emiliani chapel, interior
  • Assumption of the Virgin ('L'Assunta')
  • View of chancel with Titian's Assunta
  • Choir-screen, with view of high altar beyond
  • Sketch for an Assumption of the Virgin
  • View of altar of the Immaculate Conception with Titian's altarpiece and (to the right) of the Emiliani chapel
  • Reconstruction of Titian's first plan for the Ca' Pesaro altarpiece
  • Reconstruction of Titian's second plan for the Ca' Pesaro altarpiece
  • Ca' Pesaro altarpiece, detail
  • Madonna di Foligno
  • Saint Nicholas altarpiece
  • Titian's Saint Nicholas altarpiece
  • Annunciation
  • Malchiostro chapel, with Titian's Annunciation
  • Annunciation
  • Death of Saint Peter Martyr
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~~IT IS NOW MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS since I first became involved with Venetian altarpieces, and during that time I have benefited from the help and advice of many friends and colleagues. I recall with particular gratitude conversations held in the earlier stages of my research with Howard Burns, the late Felton Gibbons, Paul Hills, Julia...
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~~In his will dated 13 July 1494 the Venetian merchant Giorgio Diletti declared his wish to found a burial chapel in the parish church of S. Giovanni Crisostomo. The chapel was to be dedicated to Sts Jerome, Christopher and Louis;...
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~~According to the diarist Marin Sanudo, writing in 1493, the churches scattered throughout the city of Venice and the...
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~~In 1450 Antonio and Bartolomeo Vivarini signed their polyptych painted for the high altar of the Carthusian monastic church of S. Gerolamo alla Certosa, outside Bologna (App. 1; Pl. 144). According...
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