San Sebastiano

The Church di San Sebastiano was built in the 16th-century. It is one of the five votive churches in Venice, each one built after the passing of a plague through the city.

The church houses paintings by the artist Paolo Veronese along with those of Tintoretto and Titian. Veronese’ cycle of paintings are described as the most important collection that he completed in his entire life and cover three periods of time: the first ran from 1555 to 1556, the second from 1558 to 1559 and the final period of work ran from 1565 to 1570.

Following his decades of work within the church, on his death, Veronese was entombed there in 1588. The tomb is located to the left of the sanctuary

In the sacristy there are other works worthy of note, including pieces by Jacopo Tintoretto and Bonifacio de’ Pitati; whilst in the church you can see Titian’s St. Nicolas (1563) and other works by Paris Bordone, Jacopo Sansovino, Palma il Giovane and Alessandro Vittoria.

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