San Giacomo Altarpiece (Veronese)

Last updated September 09, 2025

The San Giacomo Altarpiece was a 1577-1580 oil on canvas triptych by Paolo Veronese and his workshop, named after a now-demolished church on Murano in Venice. Its three panels are now split between the Barber Institute (Visitation), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (Resurrection) and Burghley House ( Zebedee’s Wife Petitioning Our Lord).

Wife was bought by Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter in 1769.^[1]Visitation was bought by Sir James Wright, Britain's ambassador to Venice, in the 1770s.^[2]Resurrection was acquired by Westminster Hospital.^[3]

Gallery

Visitation
Zebedee's Wife Petitioning Our Lord
Resurrection

References

v t e Paolo Veronese
Paintings	The Conversion of Mary Magdalene (1545–1548) Bevilacqua-Lazise Altarpiece (1548) Lament over the Dead Christ (c. 1548) Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (New Haven; c. 1547–1550) Minerva between Geometry and Arithmetic (1550) (attribution) Venus Disarming Cupid (c. 1550) Portrait of Iseppo da Porto and his son Adriano (c. 1555) Annunciation (c. 1556) Portrait of a Gentleman in a Fur (c. 1550–1560) Supper at Emmaus (c. 1559–1560) Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur (1560) Christ Among the Doctors (c. 1560) La Bella Nani (c. 1560) Saint John the Baptist Preaching (c. 1562) Venus and Adonis (Augsburg; 1562) Holy Family with Saint Catherine and Saint John the Baptist (c. 1562–1565) The Wedding at Cana (1563) Petrobelli Altarpiece (c. 1563) Allegory of Virtue and Vice (c. 1565) Allegory of Wisdom and Strength (c. 1565) The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Turin; c. 1565) The Martyrdom of Saint George (1566) Portrait of Daniele Barbaro (c. 1556–1567) The Family of Darius Before Alexander (1565–1570) Resurrection of the Widow of Nain's Son (1565–1570) Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1565–1570) The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Milan; 1570) Venus and Mars (1570s) Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (1571–1572) Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto (c. 1572) Adoration of the Magi (1573) The Feast in the House of Levi (1573) The Martyrdom of Saint Justina (c. 1570–1575) Bathsheba at her Bath (1575) Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Venice; c. 1575) Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1575–1580) San Giacomo Altarpiece (1577-1580) Annunciation (1578) Assumption of the Virgin (1580) Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog (c. 1580) Susannah and the Elders (c. 1580) Venus and Adonis (Madrid; 1580) Cephalus and Procris (c. 1580–1584) Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish (c. 1580–1585) Baptism of Christ (c. 1580-1588) Lucretia (c. 1585)
Painting series	The Allegory of Love (c. 1570) Duke of Buckingham series (1590s) The Finding of Moses (Dijon, Dresden, Liverpool ✻, Lyon, Madrid, Smith collection, Turin ✻, Washington)
Related	Antonio Badile (master) Giovanni Francesco Caroto (master) Benedetto Caliari (brother) Gabriele Caliari (son) Carlo Caliari (son)
✻ attributed to Veronese's studio

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