VERONESE, Paolo
(b. 1528, Verona, d. 1588, Venezia)

Adoration of the Magi

1582
Oil on canvas
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary was destroyed by fire in 1867. The restored chapel was reopened only in 1959. The new carved ceiling of the nave continues to the presbytery and includes other paintings by Veronese. In the centre, there is the quatrefoil Adoration of the Magi, at the sides the Four Evangelists. These paintings come from the deconsecrated church of Nicolò in Lattuga.