# Vault of the Scala d'Oro [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VITTORIA, Alessandro]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Stucco ## Commentary As Sansovino's closest collaborator during the 1550s, he worked on a number of projects in Venice that were headed by Sansovino, including the stuccos over the monumental staircase of the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/s/sansovin/jacopo/1/bibliot1.html'\)" href="/html/s/sansovin/jacopo/1/bibliot1.html">Biblioteca Marciana</a> and those over the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/s/sansovin/jacopo/1/scala1.html'\)" href="/html/s/sansovin/jacopo/1/scala1.html">Scala d'Oro</a> in the Doge's Palace. In these sumptuous decorations the vaults over the staircases are treated as sculpture, with the result that the frescoes, which in both cases are by Battista Franco, are overwhelmed by the massive stuccos surrounding them. ## Related artworks - [A Gentleman of the Zorzi Family]() - [A Lady of the Zorzi Family]() - [Altar and Altarpiece]() - [Altar of the Luganegheri]() - [Annunciation]() - [Atlante \(left of a pair\)]() - [Atlante \(right of a pair\)]() - [Bust of a Man]() - [Bust of Domenico Duodo]() - [Bust of Francesco Duodo]() - [Bust of Gerolamo Grimani]() - [Bust of Giovanni Battista Ferretti]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()