On Friday, October 2, 2026, the Save Venice Board of Directors and project donors gathered at the Scuola Dalmata di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni to celebrate the completed restoration of Vittore Carpaccio’s Narrative Cycle. Save Venice’s 2019–2026 campaign funded the conservation of nine canvases and the marble and stone altar that decorate the ground floor of the historic seat of Venice’s Dalmatian community. The treatment of a 10th painting, the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels altarpiece, continues in autumn 2026 as the work suffers from more serious condition issues and further scientific studies are underway to better determine its attribution.

Save Venice is deeply grateful to the many generous donors who made this project possible.

LEAD BENEFACTOR | The Versailles Foundation, Inc./Claude Monet-Giverny
BENEFACTORS | Estate of Charlotte Herrmann, Cultural Vision Fund, Anne H. Fitzpatrick in honor of Patricia Fortini Brown
GRAND PATRONS | Mr. & Mrs. James Myers, The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc.
PATRONS | Jennifer Wade, Mary & Howard Frank in honor of Patricia Fortini Brown, Irina Tolstoy, Sarah Blake McHam, and Frederick Ilchman in honor of Patricia Fortini Brown
SUPPORTERS | Christopher Apostle in honor of Patricia Fortini Brown; Carter & Susan Emerson; Mitzi Mariani Rusconi; London Supporters of Save Venice; Martha Fleischman; American Foundation for the Courtauld Institute of Art; Warren Ilchman✝; Alice Pannill; Amy Gross in honor of Patricia Fortini Brown; and Francesca Stanfill & Richard Nye

The evening featured institutional remarks from Melissa Conn, Director of the Venice Office of Save Venice; Piergiorgio Millich, Guardian Grande of the Scuola Dalmata; Valentina Piovan, Restorer; Frederick Ilchman, Save Venice Chairman; and Professor Patricia Fortini Brown, Save Venice Board Member and project honoree.

In 2019, Save Venice dedicated the restoration to Fortini Brown, Professor Emeritus and former chair of Princeton University’s Department of Art & Archeology. Her landmark 1988 book on Venetian narrative painting transformed our understanding of Carpaccio and his contemporaries. She has since made a measurable impact on the field through many publications on Venice, training generations of young scholars, and nearly two decades of service to Save Venice. Her expert insights are also featured in a new book released this month, Vittore Carpaccio: An Eyewitness of Renaissance Venice, which Save Venice members at the Sustainer ($5,000)+ level are eligible to receive. The publication was sponsored by the Lovejoy family in honor of Patricia Lovejoy.