03 — ARTWORK
Vault of the Scala d'Oro
- MEDIUM
- Stucco
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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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.
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@online{wga-r91c07ac826ed2d,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Vault of the Scala d'Oro by VITTORIA, Alessandro},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vittoria-alessandro-re56dcf75122ba8/vault-of-the-scala-doro-r91c07ac826ed2d},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
