Campo Dei Frari with a sign for the Railway Station (Ferrovia) at Piazzale Roma |
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - "i Frari" for short |
The 1396 Campanile of i Frari, 2nd tallest in Venice, with the door that is mainly used |
Franciscan Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, built 1250-1338 |
Main portal of I Frari in the center of the northeast facing main façade |
I Frari - built in the Italian Gothic style with a rather plain exterior |
Gondola on the canal in front of Campo Dei Frari with the former Franciscan monastery, now State Archives |
Statue of St. Peter holding his key near the entrance of the left transcept, i Frari |
The Altar of i Frari with Titian's Assuption of the Virgin |
Main Altar, I Frari |
Titian's Assunata "Assuption of the Virgin" on the high altar of i Frari, 1518 |
Choir, I Frari |
Gothic choir stalls of i Frari, 1468 |
Gothic altar of the Chapel of St. Peter (Emiliani Chapel) i Frari |
Donatello's St. John the Baptist, 1438, i Frari |
Donatello's St. John the Baptist, 1438, i Frari |
Donatello's St. John the Baptist, 1438, i Frari |
Chapel of St. John the Baptist, i Frari |
Monuments to Paolo Savelli & Benedetto Pesaro at the end of the right transcept above the entry to the Sacristy, i Frari |
Neptune on the Benedetto Pesaro Monument by Giovanni Battista Bregno, 16th C. |
Mars on the Benedetto Pesaro Monument in honor of the Commander of the Venetian Fleet, died in 1503 |
Monument to Jacopo Marcello who died at Gallipoli in 1484, i Frari, attributed to Pietro Lombardo |
Detail of a military monument on the right transcept, i Frari |
I Frari Sacristy - Madonna and Child with St Nicholas of Bari, St Peter, St Mark, and St. Benedetto by Giovanni Bellini, 1488 |
I Frari Sacristy - Madonna con il Bambino ed i Santi Nicola di Bari, Pietro, Marco, e Benedetto by Giovanni Bellini, 1488 |
Madonna with Child by Giovanni Bellini, 1488, Sacristy of i Frari |
Baroque 'Altar of the Relics' in the Sacristy of i Frari, 1711 |
The most famous relic in Venice is the"Sacred Blood of Christ" which was 'acquired' from Constantinople in 1479 |
Cloister and Franciscan Monastery of i Frari, |
Cloister and Franciscan Monastery of i Frari, |
Sculpture of an Angel in the cloister of i Frari |
Painting of the Crucifixion, i Frari |
Deposizione (Deposition) by Nicolò Frangipane, 1593, i Frari |
La Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi Andrea, Nicola da Pari, Paolo e Pietro by Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1482, Cappella Bernardo |
La Madonna col Bambino e santi I protomartiri francescani by Bernardino Licino 16th C, Capella dei Santi Francescani, i Frari |
Mondonna and Child with the Saints and Prominent Franciscans, Capella dei Santi Francescani, i Frari |
S. Ambrogio in trono e Santi by Alvise Vivarini, Cappella dei Milanesi, i Frari |
Detail of St. Sebastian from the Milanese Chapel painting by Alvise Vivarini, i Frarr |
Altarpiece of St. Mark by Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1474, i Frari |
Vivarini's 1474 altarpiece San Marco in trono e i santi Giovanni Battista, Gerolamo, Pietro e Nicolò |
St. Jerome (San Gerolamo) statue by Alessandro Vittoria, 1564, i Frari |
As the day progresses, the lighting inside i Frari changes significantly |
Monument to Prince Almerigo d'Este of Modena, 19 year old French commander who died at Candia, Crete in 1660 while aiding Venice |
Doge Giovanni Pesaro reigned less than 2 years but got a giant monument over the left aisle door, i Frari |
Hic Revixit Anno MDCLXIX ("He comes to life here again in the year 1669") Doge Giovanni Pesaro (1589-1659), i Frari |
Bronze statue of Death by Melchoir Barthel, 1669, Doge Giovanni Pesaro Monument, i Frari |
Monument dedicated in 1852 to the great Venetian painter Titian (1490-1576) |
Monument dedicated in 1852 to the great Venetian painter Titian (1490-1576) |
Statue of Titian with the angelic representation of Knowledge by Canova (19th C) i Frari |
Canova's statue of Titian crowned with a laurel wreath |
Titian monument, I Frari |
Canova statue from the Titian Monument representing Nature with striking similarities to the Ephesian Artemis |
Behind the main sculpture group is a bas relief of the Assumption of the Virgin after Titian's work on the main alter of i Frari |
The Canova monument to Titian (Titiano) in i Frari, dedicated by Ferdinand I of Austria in 1852 |
Ferdinand I of Austria wanted to make sure he got his money's worth out of commissioning the Titian monument |
Titian monument, I Frari |
'St. Anthony Raising a Man from the Dead' by Francesco Rosa, i Frari |
Detail from 'St. Anthony Raising a Man from the Dead' by Francesco Rosa, i Frari |
Altar of St. Anthony, i Frari |
Altar of San Antonio, 1663, by Baldassare Longhena and Giuseppe Sardi |
Wooden statue of St. Anthony (Sant' Antonio) by Giacomo di Caterino, 1450 |
Angel playing a stringed instrument on the Alter of S. Antonio, i Frari |
Baroque Altare del Crocefisso - Alter of the Crucifix, 1672 by Baldassare Longhena and Juste Le Court |
Pyramid-shaped monument to the great Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) i Frari |
Canova designed this monument himself, though the design was meant for the Austrian Archduchess Christina to be built in Vienna |
A mourning woman about to deposit the urn which actually contains Canova's heart, by Bartolomeo Ferrari, i Frari |
This figure, leading on an extinguished torch, represent's the loss of Canova's genius |
The Genius of Canova, by Rinaldo Rinaldi, i Frari |
The Enduring Light of Artistic Genius Canova, by Giuseppe Fabris, i Frari |
Two more figures of the Enduring Light of Artistic Genius sequence, Canova Monument |
These two figures were carved by Jacopo de'Martini, i Frari |
Tomb of Italian sculptor Antonio Canova |
Max at the Tomb of Italian sculptor Antonio Canova |
Altar of the Presentation of the Baby Jesus in the Temple by Guiseppe Porta, 16th C, i Frari |
Girolamo Garzoni (Hieronymo Garzonio) Monument to a Venetian Senator who died at the siege of Negroponte in 1688, i Frari |
Girolamo Garzoni (Hieronymo Garzonio) Monument to a Venetian Senator who died at the siege of Negroponte in 1688, i Frari |
St. Anthony of Padua |
Concert poster, Basilica Dei Frari |
Christ on the Cross, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari |
Stations of the Cross XII - Jesus Dies on the Cross, i Frari |
Stations of the Cross XIII - Jesus is taken down from the Cross, i Frari |
Detail of the bas relief of the Deposition by Cabianca, i Frari |
Stations of the Cross XIV - Jesus is laid in the Tomb, i Frari |
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari |