Restored from 2007 to 2009 with Save Venice general funds.

As a continuation of the successful 2003–04 campaign to restore the wall and ceiling frescoes in the sacristy of San Salvador, Save Venice provided further funding to conserve fresco fragments in the vestibule of the sacristy.

Under layers of whitewash and plaster, the restoration uncovered two lunettes depicting the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah framed by fictive rosette-filled coffers, traces of a leaf pattern in the cupola, and the outlines of a large shell in the niche behind the sixteenth-century carved marble washbasin, which conservators also restored. A fragment of a mosaic floor, now displayed on the vestibule wall, benefited from conservation treatment as well.

The works were restored by the Emma Colle Restoration Firm, with the guidance of project director Annalisa Bristot of the Superintendency of Monuments of Venice.

For select projects, conservation dossiers in Italian containing limited textual and photographic documentation may be available for consultation by appointment at the Venice office of Save Venice and the Rosand Library & Study Center. For inquiries, please contact us at venice@savevenice.org.

Unidentified artist
Frescoes of Prophets and Architectural Details in the Sacristy Vestibule
c. 1540s, fresco