Paintings in the Salon of the Biblioteca Marciana (1556-60)
by Paolo VERONESE

The wooden ceiling of the Salon of the Biblioteca (Libreria) Marciana contains twenty-one canvases painted between 1556 and 1559 by seven different artists including Veronese, chosen, according to the records, by Jacopo Sansovino and Titian. The side walls are also richly decorated with canvases by various hands representing the Philosophers. Paolo Veronese did the two beside the portal, Plato and Aristotle.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
View of the Biblioteca
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Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1009*1045
True Color
172 Kb



Biblioteca Marciana: Salone
1537-88
Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1000*1201
True Color
217 Kb



Honour
1556-57
Oil on canvas, diameter 230 cm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1214*1200
True Color
159 Kb



Music, Astronomy and Deceit
1556-57
Oil on canvas, diameter 230 cm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1217*1200
True Color
173 Kb



Music
1556-57
Oil on canvas, diameter 230 cm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1066*800
True Color
230 Kb



Music
1556-57
Oil on canvas, diameter 230 cm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

1000*1010
True Color
150 Kb



Plato
1560s
Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

738*1200
True Color
128 Kb



Aristotele
1560s
Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

736*1200
True Color
121 Kb




Summary of paintings by Paolo Veronese
Religious themes
1540s | 1550s | 1560s | 1570s | 1580s
San Sebastiano | Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary
Great decorations
Banquet scenes | Villa Barbaro | Palazzo Ducale | Biblioteca Marciana
Mythological and allegorical themes
Historical and Old Testament themes
Portraits