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Photo: Travel: Italy: Venice: Churches: San Rocco

Chiesa and Scuola Grande di San Rocco, San Polo, Venice

This is the absolute must-visit for any fan of Tintoretto (or fine art in general). The church itself is not particularly appealing although it boasts an urn with the remains of St Roch and several outstanding pieces by Tintoretto and one by Sebastiano Ricci. The Scuola, on the other hand, is absolutely amazing. I have now visited it twice and will certainly go there again the next time I am in Venice. The two floors are profusely decorated with paintings by Tintoretto on biblical subjects. The impact is so overwhelming that one may be forgiven for failing to notice the great decor and the superb wood carvings in the stalls lining the walls. Photography is not allowed (and the personnel is unusually vigilant) but there is a very good guidebook available for purchase at the giftshop.

Statue St Jerome On Church of San Rocco (Sunday, September 17th 2006) Facade of San Rocco Church Next to the Scuola Grande Di San Rocco (Sunday, September 17th 2006) Tintoretto's Crucifixion in the Sala dell'Albergo at Scuola Grande Di San Rocco (Monday, September 18th 2006) Lunette Above Entrance of San Rocco Church (Monday, September 18th 2006) The 18th Century Facade of the Church by Bernardino Maccaruzzi (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The 16th Century Facade of the Scuola by Bartolomeo Bon and Antonio Scarpagnino (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Statue of St Peter Urseolus (Aka Orseolo) at the Church (Sunday, March 9th 2008)
Statue of St Gerard (Probably Majella) at the Church (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Statue of St Lawrence Justinian, 15th Century Patriarch of Venice, at the Church (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The Hall of the Church Looking Northeast Toward the Three Apses (Sunday, March 9th 2008) South Altar, Retable with Pope Pius X by Carena (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The 'Annunciation' Altarpiece by Solimena (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Painting 'Christ Expels the Money Changers From the Temple' by Fumiani (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Altarpiece with 'St Helena Discovers the Wood of the Cross' by Sebastiano Ricci (Sunday, March 9th 2008)
The North Face of the Main Apse with Tintoretto's 'St Roch Cures Sick Animals' (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Carena's Altarpice with Pope Pius X in the South Apsidal Chapel (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The Organ Above the West Entrance (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Chancel Vault Fresco by Giuseppe Angeli (Sunday, March 9th 2008) High Altar with the Urn with St Roch's Body and His Statue by Bartolomeo Bon (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Tintoretto's 'St Roch Presented to the Pope' On the Northwest Wall (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Looking Southeast Toward the Chancel From the Northwest Entrance (Sunday, March 9th 2008)
Tintoretto's 'St Roch Captured at the Battle of Montpellier' (Top) and 'St Roch Heals the Plague Stricken' (Bottom) (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The Great Upper Hall of the Scuola Looking Toward 'The Vision of St Roch' (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Wood Carving in the Great Upper Hall of the Scuola (Sunday, March 9th 2008) The Ceiling of the Great Upper Hall of the Scuola From the Staircase (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Tintoretto's 'The Slaughter of the Innocents' in the Ground Floor Hall of the Scuola (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Relief with St Roch Healing the Plague Stricken at the Church (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Statue of St Roch Showing Wounded Thigh (Sunday, March 9th 2008)
Statue of Petrus Acotantus at the Church (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Capital On the Scuola Pilaster (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Capital On the Scuola Pilaster (Sunday, March 9th 2008) Musician in Front of the Main Entrance to the Scuola Grande (Sunday, March 9th 2008)