The Martyrdom of Saint George

Painting by Paolo Veronese

The Martyrdom of Saint George (1566) by Paolo Veronese

The Martyrdom of Saint George is a 1566 oil-on-canvas painting by Paolo Veronese, produced for the high altar of the church of San Giorgio in Braida in Verona, dedicated to Saint George, where it still hangs.[1] It was produced in Verona, the artist's birthplace, whilst he was back there to marry Elena, daughter of his teacher Antonio Badile.[2]

In 1732 the Veronese scholar Scipione Maffei recorded that a few years earlier a decision was taken "to unpick the canvas of the large painting by Paolo [Veronese], which was then badly restored", though he does not state why this happened or what happened to the work afterwards, despite calling the decision "a heinous crime"[3] After the Veronese Easter it and Saint Barnabas Healing the Sick were both seized from the church by the French occupiers on 18 May and folded up for transport, arriving in Paris on 6 August. There it was stated to be "in good condition".

The Austrian Empire took custody of the painting on 27 September 1815 after Napoleon's fall and on 15 March the following year it returned to its original church in Verona after another restoration, with uncertain results.[3] The canvas was again detached to be sent to Florence during the First World War to save it from bombardment, returning to Verona after the war. A large tear occurred on the saint's cloak during transport and it was again restored under the Veronese scholar Attilio Motta.[4] Other important restorations of the work occurred in 1987 and 2014.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Viviani 2002, p. 156.
2. ^ Pignatti 1976, p. 131.
3. ^ a b Magani, Falezza & Scardellato 2018, p. 90.
4. ^ Magani, Falezza & Scardellato 2018, p. 92.
5. ^ Magani, Falezza & Scardellato 2018, p. 94.

## Bibliography (in Italian)[edit]

* Magani, Fabrizio; Falezza, Giulia; Scardellato, Chiara (December 2018). Paolo Veronese : nuovi studi e ricerche (in Italian). Venezia. ISBN 978-88-297-0045-5. OCLC 1089224072.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Pignatti, Terisio (1976). Veronese. Vol. 1\. Venezia: Alfieri.
* Viviani, Giuseppe Franco (2002). Chiese di Verona (in Italian). Verona: Società cattolica di assicurazione. OCLC 799140537.

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* The Conversion of Mary Magdalene (1545–1548)
* Bevilacqua-Lazise Altarpiece (1548)
* Lament over the Dead Christ (c. 1548)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (New Haven; c. 1547–1550)
* Minerva between Geometry and Arithmetic (1550)
* Venus Disarming Cupid (c. 1550)
* Portrait of Iseppo da Porto and his son Adriano (c. 1555)
* Annunciation (c. 1556)
* Portrait of a Gentleman in a Fur (c. 1550–1560)
* Supper at Emmaus (c. 1559–1560)
* Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur (1560)
* Christ Among the Doctors (c. 1560)
* La Bella Nani (c. 1560)
* Saint John the Baptist Preaching (c. 1562)
* Venus and Adonis (Augsburg; 1562)
* Holy Family with Saint Catherine and Saint John the Baptist (c. 1562–1565)
* The Wedding at Cana (1563)
* Petrobelli Altarpiece (c. 1563)
* Allegory of Virtue and Vice (c. 1565)
* Allegory of Wisdom and Strength (c. 1565)
* The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Turin; c. 1565)
* The Martyrdom of Saint George (1566)
* Portrait of Daniele Barbaro (c. 1556–1567)
* The Family of Darius before Alexander (1565–1570)
* Resurrection of the Widow of Nain's Son (1565–1570)
* Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1565–1570)
* The Allegory of Love (c. 1570)
* The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Milan; 1570)
* Venus and Mars (1570s)
* Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (1571–1572)
* Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto (c. 1572)
* Adoration of the Magi (1573)
* The Feast in the House of Levi (1573)
* The Martyrdom of Saint Justina (c. 1570–1575)
* Bathsheba at her Bath (1575)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Venice; c. 1575)
* Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1575–1580)
* Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog (c. 1580)
* Susannah and the Elders (c. 1580)
* Venus and Adonis (Madrid; 1580)
* Cephalus and Procris (c. 1580–1584)
* Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish (c. 1580–1585)
* Lucretia (c. 1585)
* Duke of Buckingham series (1590s)
* The Finding of Moses (Dijon, Dresden, Liverpool ✻, Lyon, Madrid, Smith collection, Turin ✻, Washington)

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* Benedetto Caliari (brother)
* Gabriele Caliari (son)
* Carlo Caliari (son)

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