San Stae is a church in central Venice

Venice

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, in the sestiere

Sestiere

A sestiere is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from sesto, or sixth; and is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example are the sestieri of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, Milan and Rapallo, for example, were also divided into sestieri...

 di Santa Croce

Santa Croce

Santa Croce is one of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy.-Geography:It occupies the north west part of the main islands, and can be divided into two areas: the eastern area being largely mediaeval, and the western - including the main port and the Tronchetto - mostly lying on land reclaimed...

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San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of 11th century and reconstructed in 17th century, has a main facade (1709) on the Grand Canal of Venice

Grand Canal of Venice

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, constructed by Domenico Rossi

Domenico Rossi

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, and richly decorated with statuary by Giuseppe Torretto

Giuseppe Torretto

Giuseppe Torretto or Torretti was an Italian sculptor of statues and intaglios.Mainly working in Venice, statues by him can be found in the churches of Santa Maria Formosa, I Gesuiti, Santa Maria di Nazareth and San Stae among others...

, Antonio Tarsia

Antonio Tarsia

Antonio Tarsia was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Venice.-References:...

, Pietro Baratta

Pietro Baratta

Pietro Baratta was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active in Venice.He was master of the sculptor Francesco Robba.-Biography:...

, and Antonio Corradini

Antonio Corradini

Antonio Corradini was a Venetian Rococo sculptor.Corradini was born in Este and worked mainly in the Veneto, but also completed commissions for work outside Venice, including Naples....

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The interior has a tomb for the Mocenigo family. The right wall contains altars with works by Niccolò Bambini

Niccolò Bambini

Niccolò Bambini was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods.He was born in Venice, and first studied under Giulio Mazzoni at Venice; but afterwards went to Rome, where he became a pupil of Carlo Maratti. He painted for the church of San Stefano soon after his return...

, Giuseppe Camerata

Giuseppe Camerata

Giuseppe Camerata was an Italian miniature painter and engraver.He was born at Frascati or at Venice, the son of G. Camerata, a painter of some reputation, and studied under Gregorio Lazzarini...

, and Antonio Balestra

Antonio Balestra

Antonio Balestra was an Italian painter of the Rococo period.Born in Verona, he first apprenticed there with Giovanni Zeffio. By 1690 he moved to Venice, where he worked for three years under Antonio Bellucci, then moved to Bologna and then to paint in Carlo Maratta's workshop in Rome. In 1694, he...

. The three chapels on the left house works by Giuseppe Torretto

Giuseppe Torretto

Giuseppe Torretto or Torretti was an Italian sculptor of statues and intaglios.Mainly working in Venice, statues by him can be found in the churches of Santa Maria Formosa, I Gesuiti, Santa Maria di Nazareth and San Stae among others...

, Pietro Baratta

Pietro Baratta

Pietro Baratta was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active in Venice.He was master of the sculptor Francesco Robba.-Biography:...

, Francesco Migliori, and Jacopo Amigoni

Jacopo Amigoni

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. The roof of the presbitery has a ceiling decorated with a large canvas by Bartolomeo Letterini

Bartolomeo Letterini

Bartolomeo Letterini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Venice and instructed by his father, Agostino Letterini. He was an imitator of Titian.-References:...

, while the walls have canvases by Giuseppe Angeli

Giuseppe Angeli

Giuseppe Angeli was an Italian painter of the late-baroque, active mainly in Venice. He is known for two canvases in the church of San Stae and for a series of frescoes at the Villa Widmann-Foscari near Padua....

 and small canvases dedicated to the Apostles, including a Martyrdom of St. Bartholemew (1721) (right lower) by a young Giambattista Tiepolo; a Martyrdom of St. James the Greater by Giambattista Piazzetta; and a Liberation of St. Peter by Sebastiano Ricci

Sebastiano Ricci

Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...

 (left lower). The sacristy contains a Death of Christ by Pietro della Vecchia

Pietro della Vecchia

Pietro della Vecchia was an Italian painter also known as Pietro Muttoni. Born in Vicenza , he likely trained with Alessandro Varotari, called Padovanino, deriving a notable interest in Venetian masters such as Titian and Giorgione. Until 1984, he was mistakenly referred to as Pietro Muttoni...

 and a Trajan orders Sant'Eustachio to pray to the idols by Giambattista Pittoni

Giambattista Pittoni

Giambattista Pittoni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice....

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Sources

• Chorus Venezia entry

External links

• Russian pavilion in the San Stae church — The 11th International Architecture Exhibition