Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Price guide: Budget
Calle dei Furlani, Castello 3259A, Venice
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expert-rated things to do in Venice- Recommended for:
- Culture vultures, Families with teenagers, Families with younger children, First-time travellers, Seasoned travellers, Art, History
Expert review of Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Carpaccio's charming works fill this historic Slav guildhall.
The Scuola di San Giorgio agli Schiavoni (School of St George of the Slavs) was a meeting house for the city’s Slav community. To show their taste and clout, they commissioned Vittore Carpaccio in 1508 to decorate the walls with pictures of their national saints.
In paintings which cover the whole of the large ground floor meeting room, St George on his charger saves a beautiful princess from the dragon (note the dismembered bits of less lucky maidens on the ground), St Jerome's fellow monks flee as he removes a thorn from the lion’s paw and St Tryphon casts out devils from the possessed daughter of a Roman emperor. The portrait of St Augustine sitting in his study, the signs of his great learning all around and his little white dog looking on lovingly, is totally charming.
When my daughter was small, this was one of our favourite haunts in Venice: the opportunities for games of I-Spy in Carpaccio's works are endless.
Price advice:
€3, €2 reductions.
Expert tips:
Opening times at this Scuola are notoriously changeable.
More information on Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni:
- Price guide:
- Type:
- Art gallery, Historic site, Museum
- Address:
- Calle dei Furlani, Castello 3259A, Venice
- Telephone:
- 041 5228828
- Months open:
- All year round
- Opening times:
- 2.45-6pm Mon. 9.15am-1pm, 2.45-6pm Tue-Sat. 9.15am-1pm Sun.
- Indoor/outdoor?:
- Indoor
- Free tags / Keywords:
- Art
