Gallerie dell'Accademia
Venice, Italy
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Museum Address
Campo della Carità, Dorsoduro 1050, 30123 Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy
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€16 (under 18 free)
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia opened in 1817 to house the teaching collection of Venice's art academy, though its holdings grew dramatically from suppressed churches and monasteries during the Napoleonic period. The museum occupies three connected buildings: the former church and convent of Santa Maria della Carità, the Scuola Grande, and the Palladian-designed convent. Together they provide a chronological journey through five centuries of Venetian painting from Byzantine origins to the 18th century.
The collection charts the evolution of the Venetian school through works by Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and Tintoretto. Highlights include Giorgione's mysterious The Tempest, Veronese's monumental Feast in the House of Levi, and Vittore Carpaccio's narrative cycle depicting the Legend of St. Ursula. Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man belongs to the collection but rarely goes on display due to its fragility.
Visiting Gallerie dell'Accademia
Giorgione's The Tempest is the signature work. Nobody has fully explained what the painting depicts. That mystery has kept scholars busy for over five centuries.
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man belongs to this museum, but it's rarely on public display. The drawing is too fragile for permanent exhibition. It appears only in occasional special shows.
Renaissance Venetian painting is the heart of the collection. Carpaccio's narrative cycles and Bellini's altarpieces fill multiple rooms. Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese complete the Venetian lineup.
Around 24 rooms tracing Venetian painting from the 14th to 18th century. Carpaccio's Dream of St Ursula cycle takes up an entire gallery. It's manageable in about two hours.
On the south bank of the Grand Canal, at the foot of the Accademia Bridge. The building was originally a church and monastery. Lorenzo Lotto's portraits hang near Renaissance altarpieces in the side galleries.
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