After a long and complex restoration that lasted more than four years, funded by SAVE Venice with the support of Dr. & Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie, the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice will return to display Paolo Veneziano’s masterpiece, the Santa Chiara Polyptych, unveiled to the public and the press on Oct. 4, 2024.

The work, displayed in a dedicated room of the Palladian loggia, is one of the most intact and valuable examples of 14th-century Venetian painting. Created for the monastery of Santa Chiara in Venice, the polyptych depicts theCoronation of the Virgin in the center, surrounded by twenty-five narrative panels and framed by a sumptuous gilded structure.