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.

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View of the Biblioteca
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Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice


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


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


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


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


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


Plato
1560s
Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice


Aristotele
1560s
Oil on canvas
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice



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



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