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He finally went to Italy: Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice

Updated 12/16/2025

The whole place was mind-blowing enough, my memory bad enough and my notes scarce enough, that I'm guessing at some of this. But based on the photos, there's an entry area and stairway with a number of (awesome) paintings, some in commemoration of the 1576 plague. At the top of the stairs is the main hall of the scuola, which is even more epic than everything you just passed.

My photos of the stairway are too blurry and dark to show, so it's just going to be the downstairs and upstairs, which is still plenty. I also don't have titles or artists for the paintings but everything here is mostly (all?) Tintoretto.

Downstairs

Painting 1, downstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 2, downstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 4, downstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 3, downstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 5, downstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Stairway painting in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Least bad shot of the stairs, also gives a hint of the majesty to come upstairs...

Upstairs

Crucifixion by Tintoretto
Crucifixion by Tintoretto
Painting 6, upstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painted ceiling upstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painted ceiling.
Painting 7, upstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 8, upstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Painting 9, upstairs in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco