Save Venice members are invited to attend an illustrated conversation between the editors of two recent publications on the works of Paolo Caliari, the artist known as Veronese: Paolo Veronese by David Rosand†, Edited by Mary E. Frank (Harvey Miller Publishers, 2023) and The Church of San Sebastiano in Venice: A Guide (Marsilio Editori, 2024) featuring texts by Xavier Salomon, Davide Gasparotto, Gabriele Matino, and Melissa Conn.

David Rosand’s Paolo Veronese is a masterly account of the Venetian painter’s artistic achievement, demonstrating a complete command of the literature and scholarly issues, insightful interpretations of individual paintings and drawings, and a marvelously elegant prose style. Careful readings of specific paintings, including those at the church of San Sebastiano, provide the reader the opportunity to put into practice the author’s conviction that our own responses to paintings will guide their interpretation.

Triumphant and majestic are just two of the adjectives often used to describe the exceptional decorative program that Paolo Veronese created in the church of San Sebastiano, one of the most extraordinary jewels of the Venetian Renaissance. The Church of San Sebastiano in Venice: A Guide addresses every aspect of Veronese’s comprehensive contribution to the decoration of the church.

Reception to Follow.

Mary E. Frank is an independent scholar who writes and lectures on the art of Renaissance Venice.  She is the co-editor of Reflections on Renaissance Venice: A Celebration of Patricia Fortini Brown, who was Mary’s dissertation advisor at Princeton University, where she received her Ph.D.  Mary also studied at Columbia with David Rosand and then served with him on the board of Save Venice for a decade.  In 2015 she oversaw the founding of the Rosand Library and Study Center at Save Venice.  Editing Rosand’s Paolo Veronese gave Mary another opportunity to express her passion for the art of Renaissance Venice and continue to perpetuate the legacy of a generous and kind scholar, ensuring that his impact on Venetian studies and on Save Venice will endure. 

Xavier F. Salomon is a noted scholar of Paolo Veronese and curated the monographic exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (March–June 2014). He is currently working on a monograph on Rosalba Carriera. Previously, he was Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery. He has curated Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored (2017–18), Murillo: The Self- Portraits (2017–18), Canova’s George Washington (2018), and Nicolas Party and Rosalba Carriera (2023). Xavier serves as a member of the Projects Committee on the Board of Directors of Save Venice.

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Image: Detail from Paolo Veronese, The Coronation of Esther, 1556. Oil on canvas. Church of San Sebastiano, Venice, Italy.