# Biblioteca Marciana: Salone

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SANSOVINO, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The Biblioteca Marciana was designed by Jacopo Sansovino to house the about thousand illuminated manuscripts donated to the Republic by Cardinal Bessarion. The interior of the sumptuous Salone was adorned with paintings by Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, Giovanni de Mio, Battista Franco, Giuseppe Salviati, Andrea Schiavone, and Giovan Battista Zelotti.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Crete](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/allegory-of-crete-rd315d2f3423af6>)
- [Allegory of Cyprus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/allegory-of-cyprus-rd4666f2666986f>)
- [Allegory of Venice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/allegory-of-venice-r17ae246b3d2ced>)
- [Apollo on the Loggetta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/apollo-on-the-loggetta-r9ebcabf0c20e84>)
- [Bacchus \(back view\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/bacchus-back-view-r8de6fc0d7e8867>)
- [Bacchus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/bacchus-detail-r51852c12a582de>)
- [Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/bacchus-r387fbf883673f5>)
- [Baptismal Font](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/baptismal-font-r6964346772fac0>)
- [Baptismal Font](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/baptismal-font-rae3f65abdeb38d>)
- [Biblioteca Marciana and Zecca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/biblioteca-marciana-and-zecca-r64b2ec27f11f6d>)
- [Biblioteca Marciana: Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/biblioteca-marciana-exterior-view-r2d7409bdbcc0d4>)
- [Biblioteca Marciana: Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sansovino-jacopo-r0c8d6b16f326bd/biblioteca-marciana-exterior-view-r9f3ee414dde1f8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)