CORRER MUSEUM, Art Gallery

You are now on the second floor of the New Procuratie, in the most famous and visited section of the Correr Museum. An exciting journey through Venetian and Italian paintings awaits you and passes through more than twenty rooms; you'll see mostly smaller works that allow you to see the paintings in a more intimate and visually appealing way than the giant canvases and altarpieces displayed in the Accademia Gallery.

The first six halls are dedicated to the origins of Venetian painting, which at first show the influence of Byzantine art that is also visible in the mosaics of St. Mark. Paintings on wood panels, detached frescoes, and 14th century sculptures show you Venetian art's progressive passage to ever more decorated painting linked to late-Gothic taste.

Now pause the audio and go to the painting Christ Supported by Two Angels by Antonello da Messina....