Accademia Gallery

All the great names in Venetian painting are housed in the old Scuola della Carita (a Scuola was a guild or confraternity) next to the Accademia bridge. Highlights are a number of exquisite Bellinis of the Madonna and Child, Giorgione's enigmatic and atmospheric Tempesta, his most famous painting, Veronese's sumptuous Feast in the House of Levi, and a number of dramatic Tintorettos of the Life of St Mark. Carpaccio's cycle of the Life of St Ursula provides another example of his unrivalled gift in depicting a complex narrative sequence. Next door, paintings from the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista give a vivid view of late 15th century Venice. On the way out don't miss Titian's delightful Presentation of the Virgin.