Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia

The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple. Titian
1534-38

Velouté
Like one of the stautes on the roof of San Vidal across Ponte dell’accademia, one statue here is also half missing (or cropped-out).

The Deposition. Giovanni Bellini

Velouté
Is it shadow casted on Christ’s chest or a pentimenti of the original cross?

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas. Cima de Conegliano

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Trompe l'oeil in St. Magnus of Oderzo’s rope.

The Calling of the Sons of Zebedee. Marco Basaiti

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Almost a first-person approach from the boats.

The Dream of Ursula. Vittore Carpaccio

Velouté
What’s the triangle on door?
Is it a door or a mirror?
Chaotic perspectives of the objects: crown, stool, sandals…

The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis. Hieronymus Bosch

Hollandaise
New study reveals facial hair so the figure is now identified as St. Wilgefortis. 

Velouté
Mountains like ocean waves
Left panel: Two figures in profiles looks identical (the main figure & one inside the window)

The Visitation. Sebastiano del Piombo

Hollandaise
One of Piombo’s earliest works. Attributed to Titian or Giorgione before.

Velouté
What is the guy on the patio doing?

The Concert. Giorgione

Hollandaise
The Object was originally thought to be a stone so scholars identify the guy as Samson (Old Testament prisoner who was forced to turn millstone).
But new study shows that it’s a string instrument upside down so now the painting is believed to be Giorgione’s Three Large Heads of Singers mentioned by Gabriele Vendramin in 1567-69.

The Tempest. Giorgione

Velouté
A dark square on the tip of the man’s stick (a conservational patchwork?).
A dark spot on the left cheek of the woman resembles the wall behind the man.

The Archangel Raphael and Tobias. Titian

Hollandaise
The Bemba family emblem: Titian’s early career relation with the family (Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo, National Gallery of Art, Washington).

The Crucifixion. Paolo Veronese

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An erased ladder
A stick through the horse leg

The Annunciation. Paolo Veronese

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A trapezoidal potted tree
Temple resmebles Alberti’s Malatestiano Temple inRimini.

Pietà. Titian

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The Angel’s torch align with the red and light on the nave.

Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Jacopo Tintoretto

Hollandaise
Commissioned by Scuola dei Bottari (the barrel confraternity).

Velouté
Barrel is cartoon-like and intruding.

The Miracle of St. Mark. Jacopo Tintoretto

Velouté
The broken piece of wood held by one of the figures looks like Donatello’s relief in St Antonio Padua

Willem De Kooning L’Italia

April 17 - September 15, 2024

De Kooning: can’t painting crucification, only sketches.
Rome in black and white
Colors and flying brushstrokes like suspended altarpieces
De Kooning: “Rome makes New York City cramp.”