Sala dell'Albergo (Scuola Grande di San Rocco)

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The Sala dell'Albergo is a room richly decorated with pictures by Jacopo Tintoretto in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice .

photos

Jacopo Tintoretto: The Crucifixion

history

As early as July 24, 1546, it was decided that the Sala dell'Albergo belonging to the Scuola would have to be decorated in order to adequately present the wealth of the Scuola. But this decision had no consequences. In 1549 Tintoretto painted a painting for the neighboring church of San Rocco, with which he also recommended himself as a suitable painter for the Scuola. Thereupon Titian activated his membership in the brotherhood and offered to paint a picture for the wall behind the stands, but apparently had little desire to start with the picture in the following years. The purpose of his advance was perhaps to push the unloved competitor out of the running.

In 1557 the decision was made again to give the hall permanent decorations and 200 ducats were made available annually. In 1559 Tintoretto received a smaller commission from the brotherhood. In 1564 there was a decision to at least paint the ceiling. It was agreed on a competition among the best artists in Venice, but this was not officially advertised as some members of the board had apparently already decided in favor of Tintoretto. On June 22nd, 1564, Tintoretto presented a finished painting to the school and with it - as if by a stroke of a hand - won the order that would keep him and his workshop busy for the rest of his life.

The walls of the Sala dell'Albergo

The walls of the Sala dell'Albergo are adorned with canvas paintings by Tintoretto. They depict scenes from the story of Jesus' passion . The visitors entering are the first to face the wall-wide painting The Crucifixion . On the back wall, to the side and above the door portal, there are also works by Tintoretto, namely, seen from the left, The Walk to the Calvary , The Crowning of Thorns and Christ Before Pilate . The two other walls are defined by the high windows and the all-round paneling that extends to the floor and is decorated with rich carvings . The two window murals each show a prophet.

The ceiling of the Sala dell'Albergo

The magnificent, gilded coffered ceiling of the Sala dell'Albergo is adorned with canvas paintings by Tintoretto from 1564 .

In the middle of the coffered ceiling the “ Glory of St. Rochus of Montpellier ”attached. Around this masterpiece, which takes up the largest space of the paintings, Tintoretto arranged twenty small-format, circular or oval-shaped paintings depicting putti , seasons , allegories of the great schools of Venice and virtues .

The seasons

On the ceiling, Tintoretto also depicted the four seasons as putti in lush vegetation suitable for the respective season , as in the ceiling that was created almost simultaneously for the Atrio Quadrato in the Doge's Palace .

Works by Tintoretto in the Sala dell'Albergo

Painting on the ceiling
  • The spring
  • The summer
  • The autumn
  • The winter
  • Allegory of the Scuola San Giovanni Evangelista
  • Allegory of the Scuola della Miscordia
  • Allegory of the Scuola di San Marco
  • Allegory of the Scuola di San Teodoro
  • Allegory of the Scuola della Carità
  • The truth
  • The belief
  • Happiness
  • The goodness
  • The liberality
  • Female figure (allegory)
  • Female figure (allegory)

  • Glory of St. Rochus of Montpellier

  • spring

  • summer

  • autumn

  • winter

Paintings on the walls

  • Christ before Pilate

  • The Crowning of Thorns (Ecce Homo)

  • The walk to the Calvary

  • The crucifixion

  • Prophet (1566–1567)

  • prophet

literature

  • Rudolf Berliner: Tintoretto's activity in the Scuola di S.Rocco. In: Kunstchronik und Kunstmarkt XXXI / 1919–20, pp. 468–473 u. 492-497.
  • Gabriele Köster: Artists and their brothers. Painters, sculptors and architects in the Venetian Scuole Grandi. Berlin 2008.
  • Raban von der Malsburg: The architecture of the Scuola Grande di S.Rocco in Venice. Dissertation. Heidelberg 1976.
  • Karl M. Swoboda: Tintoretto's great crucifixion in the Albergo of the Scuola di San Rocco . In Arte Veneta 25/1971 pp. 145-152.
  • Francesco Valcanover: Jacopo Tintoretto and the Scuola of San Rocco. Venice 1983.
  • Ulrich Willmes: Studies at the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice. Munich 1985.

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