Focus on Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice and discuss the abstract.
Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice, The Abduction of the Body of Saint Mark  or Translation of the Body of Saint Mark is a painting by Tintoretto depicting the translatio, or transfer of Saint Mark's relics from Alexandria to Venice. It was produced between 1562 and 1566 as part of a series of works on Saint Mark for the Sala Capitolare of the Scuola Grande di San Marco - the others are Miracle of the Slave, Saint Mark Saving a Saracen from Shipwreck and Finding of the Body of Saint Mark. It is now held in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Saint Mark's relics Scuola Grande di San Marco Tintoretto Miracle of the Slave Saint Mark Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice