OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION OR OF LEPANTO

Author: Nicolaus Safuris (Veneto-Cretan School)

Century: XVI°

Church : Church of Santa Maria Formosa

DATE: ante 1571

POSITION: counter-façade – right wall (on map n°7)

METHOD: tempera on panel

The icon was present in Sebastiano Venier’s flagship’s galley during the battle of Lepanto (1571) and was donated to the church by the family’s heirs.