Tintoretto’s Restored Crucifixion Returns to Public View

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Tintoretto’s Restored Crucifixion Returns to Public View

April 2025

Save Venice is pleased to announce the completion of the restoration of Jacopo Tintoretto’s Crucifixion in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. The marvelous results of the two-year treatment were presented to the public on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and visitors to the Scuola can once again admire the monumental canvas in the Sala dell’Albergo. Save Venice extends its heartfelt gratitude to Arnold M. Bernstein for his generous support of this campaign.

Conservation interventions on precious cultural treasures, such as the majestic Crucifixion by Tintoretto, aim to ensure their accessibility for future generations. The restoration not only restores clarity and legibility to these works but also allows us to rediscover the artist’s original intentions, the techniques employed, and his creative process. All of these goals have been fully achieved thanks to the masterful conservation work of the CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali restoration team, funded by Save Venice with the generous contribution of Arnold M. Bernstein. –Frederick Ilchman, Save Venice Chairman

The 2023–2025 conservation was carried out on-site in the Scuola, while the painting remained partially visible through the worksite scaffolding. Officials from the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Comune di Venezia e la Laguna provided oversight while work was carried out by restorers from the CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali firm, under the direction of Caterina Barnaba. Non-invasive diagnostic investigations were conducted by S.T.Art-Test of S. Schiavone & C. sas. The results of the treatment and discoveries made along the way will be featured in an upcoming public conference, organized in collaboration with Save Venice, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti from May 15-16, 2025.

We invite you to watch the video below for a behind-the-scenes look back at the conservation treatment with reflections from some of the key team members involved with the project.

Reflections on the Restoration of Jacopo Tintoretto’s Crucifixion in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Look back at Save Venice’s 2023–2025 conservation treatment of Jacopo Tintoretto’s monumental canvas of the Crucifixion in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, with reflections from some of the key team members involved with the project. Featuring interviews with Franco Posocco, Guardian Grande of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco; Frederick Ilchman, Chairman of Save Venice and Chair, Art of Europe at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Historian and Project Manager Maria Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel; and CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali Soc. Coop. conservator Caterina Barnaba.