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The altarpiece too big for its own gallery ceiling

Posted on 14 August 2026 by Artevivo Magazine
The altarpiece too big for its own gallery ceiling

Titian’s Assunta, painted 1516–1518 for the Frari in Venice, is nearly seven metres tall and helped define Venetian colour against Florentine drawing. Exiled to the Accademia from 1817 to 1919, it was conserved again between 2018 and 2022.

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