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Xavier F. Salomon: “Paolo Veronese and Francesco degli Arbori’s Chapel in Murano”

Between 1566 and 1567, the priest Francesco degli Arbori oversaw the construction of a small private chapel on the island of Murano, in the Venetian Lagoon. To decorate it, he commissioned Paolo Veronese, one of the most sought-after artists in Venice. The two principal works (St. Jerome in the Wilderness and St. Agatha Visited in Prison by St. Peter) from the building, recently restored, are the focus of the special exhibition and this lecture.

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