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A leading figure in the art of Renaissance Venice, Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/1466–1525/1526) is best known for his large, spectacular narrative paintings that brought sacred history to life. Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, the artist’s first retrospective ever held outside Italy, is now open at the National Gallery of Art and it runs through February 12, 2023. The exhibition will travel to Palazzo Ducale in Venice from March 18, 2023 – June 18, 2023.

The show includes some 45 paintings and 30 drawings including large-scale canvases painted for Venice’s charitable societies and churches alongside smaller works that decorated the homes of prosperous Venetians. Save Venice is proud to have funded the conservation of three of Vittore Carpaccio’s works featured in the exhibition: The Lion of Saint Mark from Palazzo Ducale, Vision of Saint Augustine and Saint George and the Dragon from the Scuola Dalmata di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni.

Save Venice’s contributions are prominently recognized throughout the exhibition and the organization was well-represented at the recent inauguration as Chairman Frederick Ilchman, Project Director Christopher Apostle, and Venice Office Director Melissa Conn were on hand to celebrate. They were joined by Italian Ambassador to the United States Mariangela Zappia, Guardian Grande of the Scuola Dalmata Piergiorgio Millich, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia President Mariacristina Gribaudi, and conservator Valentina Piovan.

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