Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors)
c.1497–1498
Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings are from the late 1400s and were commissioned by the Loredan family to decorate a room of the Scuola di Sant’Orsola (School of St. Ursula), which was under their patronage.
Legend of St. Ursula:
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Commiato degli ambasciatori
c.1497–1498
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Ritorno degli ambasciatori
c.1497–1498
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Incontro e partenza dei fidanzati
c.1497–1498
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Sogno di Sant’Orsola
c.1495
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa
c.1492
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Arrivo a Colonia
1490
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola
1493
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526)
Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne
1491
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia