The chapel of St. Peter
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Marble altar piece
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This chapel is also known
as the Emiliani Chapel as
it was given
the name of the Bishop of
Vicenza Pietro Miani ( or
Emiliani ),
who gave order to build
it and here was buried in
1464.
After entering the chapel
through a grand arch adorned
with
Gothic creeping foliage,
you can see on the facing
wall the sarco-
phagus of Bishop Miani,
a work in ornate Gothic
style by the
school of Dalle Masegne.
Statues of apostles and
saints are above.
Dalle Masegne signed also
the marble altar-piece measuring
3.85
per 3.13 metres and divided
into two orders by saints
( 1432 ).
From left to right on top
are St. Lucy, St. Catherine
of Alexandria,
the Virgin and Child, St.
Mary Magdalene and St. Clara;
below
St. Jerome, St. John the
Baptist, St.Peter the Apostle,
St.James the
elder and St.Francis.
The large wooden crucifix
over the exit door is a
work of a sculptor
from Veneto ( late 15th
century ), and on the wall
beside is a 15th
century painting of the
Universal Judgement by Andrea
Michieli or
the Vicentino, a disciple
of Palma the Younger.
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Along
the left aisle, past the arch
of the chapel, you come to
the baroque monument of Girolamo
Venier. Next is the door
of the belltower embellished
by a 14th century bas-relief
with the Virgin and saints.
The large painting above the
door re- presents the Franciscan
Tree, recording all the most
celebrated men of the Franciscan
order. At the bottom of the
picture is a portrait of Father
Agostino Maffei, who commissioned
it to the artist Pietro Negri
(1670).
Other interesting works to see
are a magnificent chest by the
School of St.Francis (17th century)
and three paintings by
the Vicentino, depicting the
seven works of corporeal mercy.
Near the last column of the
aisle is a holy water stoup
with
a bronze statuette of St.Francis,
maybe a work by Girolamo
Campagna dated 1609.
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17th century chest
and paintings by Vicentino
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