Church of Madonna dell'Orto
Gothic parish church holding a miracle-working Madonna statue and Tintoretto's own tomb and paintings.
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This guide to the Church of Madonna dell'Orto in Venice starts with a rejected statue that began glowing at night in a sculptor's vegetable garden, drawing pilgrims until the bishop stepped in. It follows sculptor Giovanni De Santi's unusual bargain for handing it over, and how a painter named Jacopo Tintoretto, who lived just one bridge away, later filled the church with two enormous canvases for barely more than the cost of materials. Look for the statue itself in the Chapel of Saint Maurus as you listen.
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