Years ago, as a student, I first visited the church of San Sebastiano, in Venice, armed with notes from my European painting course that promised an interior rich in works by Paolo Caliari, known ...

During his great programme of cultural looting, Napoleon stole this and another Veronese paining - The Miracle of St Barnabus - from the church. The St Barnabus was never returned (only a copy ...

A recent restoration of two paintings by Renaissance master Paolo Veronese, previously hidden away in a remote church in Murano, Italy, has revealed their long-hidden splendor. Thanks to the ...

Venice has some 140 churches, each distinctive, all rewarding. Founded as markers of secular wealth as well as devotion, these buildings contain some of the world’s greatest paintings: an ...

After a lengthy conservation initiative by Save Venice, the 16th-century painter’s cycle at the church of San Sebastiano is returned to its former glory. Karen Wilkin ...