Cloister of S. Apollonia during the restoration work.
Cloister of the former Convent of Santa Apollonia, the Museum of Sacred Art.
Latin inscription Tarvisium.
St. Jerome in the desert. Cima da Conegliano.
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Cloister of S. Apollonia during the restoration work.
Cloister of the former Convent of Santa Apollonia, the Museum of Sacred Art.
Latin inscription Tarvisium.
St. Jerome in the desert. Cima da Conegliano.
The Museum of Sacred Art was set up by Albino Luciani (later Pope John Paul I) when he was Patriarca of Venice and is hosted in the former benedictine monastery of San Filippo e Giacomo, famous for its remarkable Romanesque cloister dedicated to St. Apollonia.
The ex-monastery has housed the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art since 1976, founded to gather together the works of art in closed and deconsecrated churches and other religious buildings in the Venice area. This large collection contains paintings, sculptures, crucifixes, furnishings, jewellery and finely crafted silverware.
Linked to the museum are two workshops manned by volunteers where paintings and sculptures are lovingly and expertly restored. The rooms of the museum also contain works from churches currently closed for restoration and statues of the Madonna dressed in the traditional Venetian style. Paintings by Luca Giordano, Moretto da Brescia and Titian are among the masterpieces permanently on show.
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