San Pantalon

The Chiesa di San Pantaleon Martire, known as San Pantalon in the Venetian dialect, is a church in the Dorsoduro district of Venice. It is located on the same Campo and the Saint Pantaleon dedicated - a relationship with the figure of Pantalone from the Venetian Commedia dell'arte does not consist. A planned marble cladding of the facade failed (probably) for financial reasons.

Its most famous attraction is the ceiling painting by Gian Antonio Fumiani representing the martyrdom and the apotheosis of the patron saint. This is not a fresco, but one of the largest canvas painting in the world. From 1680 to 1704 Fumiani worked on the plant, which is assembled from about 40 to each other canvases. That the artist after completion of the work from the scaffolding fell to his death, is probably a legend in the face of life data Fumianis ( 1643-1710 ). In the side chapels, there are some other prominent works: The Holy Pantaleon heals a boy, a late work of Paolo Veronese, and a Coronation of the Virgin by Antonio Vivarini and Giovanni d' Alemagna.