The interior of the church has a simplicity and severity befitting a Franciscan church, with plain
Istrian stone Doric pilasters. The choir, which in the past was occupied by the monks during services, is behind the altar. The interior contains an alabaster sculpture of
St. Louis of Toulouse and an early 15th-century Gothic painting of the
Madonna of humility. The Grimani chapel (first in the left aisle) is decorated with ceiling paintings by
Battista Franco, and murals and altarpiece by
Federico Zuccari. The chapel has been restored by the British charity
Venice in Peril, which also restored Palladio's facade in the 1990s. The chapels of the church house masterpieces that both were made for this church or were moved here mainly in the 19th century from shuttering churches, oratories, and monasteries. They belong to some of the most prominent aristocratic families in Venice. Among the chapels, and works therein, are the following (starting from the entrance):
Right ;1st,
Bragadin or of
St Catherine of Alexandria : First chapel on the right, dedicated to the Bragadin family, and patronized by
Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The chapel was acquired in 1537 by
Girolamo Bragadin, Procurator Procurator of St. Mark, the coat of arms of the Bragadin family are placed on either side of the altar. The painting of the altarpiece depicts Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Jerome, John the Baptist, and the Apostle James (Middle of the 16th century) by
Giuseppe Porta. On the right, a painting depicting "the Last Supper" by
Francesco Rizzo da Santacroce. On the left, the "Resurrection of Christ" by
Giovanni da Asola. In the middle of the chapel, the tombstone of Bragadin Girolamo Bragadin (1545). Cappella Bragadin of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Resurrezion di Cristo - Giovanni da Asola.jpg|"Resurrection of Christ" by
Giovanni da Asola Caterina d’Alessandria con i Santi Gerolamo, Giovanni Battista, Giacomo Apostolo di G. Porta Salviati,.jpg|Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Jerome, John the Baptist, and James
Giuseppe Porta Cappella Bragadin of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Ultima cena di Francesco Rizzo da Santacroce.jpg|"the Last Supper" by Francesco Rizzo da Santacroce ;2nd,
Badoer-Surian or of the
Immaculate Conception : The chapel was dedicated in 1535 to the Virgin by Piero Badoer, Procurator of San Marco. It also contains the tombs (1563) of Surian family. The chapel has four flanking 18th-century canvases, originally from the Oratory of the Stimmate, depicting on the right the
Sacrifice of Isaac by
Pittoni and
Rebecca at the Well with Eleazar by
Nicola Grassi; and on the left, the
Samaritan at the Well by
Francesco Polazzo and the
Healing the Congenitally Blind by
Angelo Trevisani. Sacrificio di Isacco (Le sacrifice d’Isaac) par Giambattista Pittoni.jpg La samaritana al pozzo di Nicola Grassi.jpg Rebecca al pozzo con Eleazar di Francesco Polazzo.jpg La guarigione del cieco nato di Angelo Trevisani.jpg ;3rd
Contarini dalla Porta : The chapel contains an alabaster statue of St Louis of Toulouse, and a canvas by
Palma Giovane depicting the
Virgin with Saints(1628). The ceiling (completed 1789) depicts the
Scenes of Life and Death of St Peter of Alcantara including the
Saint on the City Walls,
St Theresa of Avila, St Peter, and Queen Isabel of Spain, the
Death of the Saint, and
Glory of the Saint, all by
Francesco Fontebasso. In the walls are allegorical depictions of Faith, Hope, and Charity (right) by
Jacopo Marieschi; and Religion and Meditation (left) by
Francesco Maggiotto. It houses the tomb of two doges: Alvise, doge from 1676 to 1684, and Francesco, doge from 1623 to 1624. Both busts are the work of
Antonio Gai. Alvise Contarini.jpg|
Alvise Contarini Contarini Francesco.jpg|
Francesco Contarini La Vergine in gloria e santi - Palma il Giovane (1624-1628).jpg|La Vergine in gloria - Palma il Giovane ;4th
Malipiero Badoer : The chapel contains an altarpiece depicting
The Resurrection by
Paolo Veronese. ;5th
Barbaro : The chapel has the heraldic shield of the
Barbaro family, a red circle on a white background, granted to admiral Marco Barbaro after his 12th-century victory in Jaffa. The painting of the altarpiece is by Battista Franco, it is an oil on canvas representing the baptism of Christ between Saint Francis and Bernardin of Siena. These two figures, appearing well on either side of the central group, are masked by the two columns. La Résurrection du Christ 1560 Véronèse.jpg|
The Resurrection by
Paolo Veronese San Giovanni Battista battezza Cristo nel Giordano - di Battista Franco 1555.jpg|
The baptism of Christ,
Battista Franco The right pulpit It was erected at the expense of Matteo Goretto with an underlying altar dedicated to St. Matthew with a painting depicting the apostle of
Francesco Montemezzano. Above the pulpit is another painting by the same author "La Vergine Assunta" (late sixteenth century). San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Pulpito di destro - San Matteo apostolo di Francesco Montemezzano.jpg|Matthew the Apostle by Francesco Montemezzano San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - The pulpit on the right, the assumption of the virgin - Francesco Montezzano.jpg|The assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Montezzano
Left ;1st left, The Grimani chapel is dedicated to the Grimani family under the patronage of the Magi. It was purchased in 1537 by Vettor Grimani procurator of San Marco. The vault is richly decorated by fifteen medallions known as "Roman" (circular boxes alternated with square boxes). The seven angelic virtues are found in the squares and in the eight circles the human virtues by
Battista Franco called Semolei (1561). The altar whose altarpiece shows the "Adoration of the Magi" in 1564 by
Federico Zuccari, was painted in oil directly on the marble. This choice explains the state of the work. On both sides in niches of the allegory of the Peace in bronze by
Tiziano Aspetti who is the author of the statues of the Palladian facade of the church. Above the altar are three frescoes with the center: "The resurrection of Christ", right: "Elijah cured the son of the widow" and left: "Elijah and the chariot of fire", by
Battista Franco. On the right side a fresco framed with gypsy "Resurrected Lazarus" (Resurrezione di Lazzaro) (1561) Federico Zuccari. Le Virtù Angeliche e le Virtù Umane di F. Battista detto il Semolei.jpg|"The Angelic Virtues, and the Human Virtues" by Battista Franco Adorazione dei Magi (1564) di Federico Zuccari.jpg|"Adoration of the Magi" by Federico Zuccari 3 Affreschi, centro Resurrezione di Cristo, destra Elia guarisce il figlio della vedova e a sinistra Elia e il carro di fuoco, Battista Franco.jpg|Above the altar three paintings by Battista Franco Affresco Resurrezione di Lazzaro (1561) di F. Zuccari.jpg|Lazarus risen" by
Federico Zuccari ;2nd left,
Montefeltro or of
St Anthony Abbot Second chapel on the left.
Nicola da Urbino, Count of Montefeltro, in 1397 draws up a will by which he gives the Procurator of San Marco 2000 gold coins. He asks that a third of this sum be allocated to the constitution of a chapel in the church of San Marco. The vow will not be respected and it is only 150 years later that the chapel is erected on the occasion of the reconstruction of San Francesco della Vigna. It is under the patronage of
Anthony the Great (Sant'Antonio abate). The altar and the marble altarpiece date from 1561, they are due to Francesco Smeraldi. The three statues are of
Alessandro Vittoria (1563): in the center of San Antonio Abatea, right St. Sebastian, on the left St. Roch. On the left side of the chapel is a work by Parrasio Micheli "The Fall of the Manna" (Caduta della Manna), on the right side a painting attributed to Parrasio Micheli representing the sacrifice of Melchizedek (Sacrificio di Melchisedech). Altare della cappella Montefeltro di Francesco Smeraldi, Statue d'Alessandro Vittoria.jpg|Altar by Francesco Smeraldi Cappella Montefeltro di Francesco Smeraldi, Sant' Antonio abate Statue d'Alessandro Vittoria.jpg|
St. Anthony the Great by
Alessandro Vittoria Cappella Montefeltro San Rocco Statue d'Alessandro Vittoria.jpg|St. Roch by
Alessandro Vittoria Cappella Montefeltro San Sebastiano Statue d'Alessandro Vittoria.jpg|St. Sebastian by
Alessandro Vittoria Cappella Montefeltro - Caduta della manne - Parrasio Micheli.jpg|"The fall of the manna" by Parrasio Micheli Cappella Montefeltro - Sacrificio di Melchisedech - Parrasio Micheli.jpg|"Sacrifice of Melchizedek" by Parrasio Micheli ;3rd left,
Sagredo : The chapel was designed by
Tommaso Temanza. It is dedicated to Saint Gherardo Sagredo, an ancestor who died in 1046, and was declared blessed in 1076. The pendedentives depict the four evangelists and four virtues by
Tiepolo. The cupola has a fresco painted sotto in su by
Pellegrini. The chapel has statue of the Blessed Gherardo by
Andrea Cominelli, and other sculptures by Justus Le Court and Enrico Merengo. On the walls are two funeral monuments with busts to the Doges
Nicolò Sagredo (ruled 1675-76) and
Giovanni Sagredo (ruled 1676-91), with busts by Giovanni Gai. The chapel underscores the complex machinations in an oligarchic and aristocratic Venice to uphold the family name. File:Cappella Sagredo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice).jpg|The Chapel (with a statue of Gerardo Sagredo by
Josse de Corte) File:Cappella Sagredo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Soffittos affrescato.jpg|Cupola frescoes by Girolamo Pellegrini File:Cappella Sagredo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Tiepolo .jpg|Pendentive by Tiepolo File:Nicolò Sagredo.jpg|Nicolò Sagredo File:Alvise Sagredo.jpg|Alvise Sagredo File:Cappella Sagredo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Polychrome stone altar.jpg|Polychrome stone altar ;4th left
Dandolo : The chapel has a painting of San Bernardo da Siena and works by
Giuseppe Porta. Cappella Dandollo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Profeta Isaia (1570) di G. Porta.jpg|"The prophet Isaiah" by Giuseppe Porta Cappella Dandollo of San Francesco della Vigna - Vergine con il Bambino, Sant’Antonio Abate e San Bernardo (1555) di G. Porta.jpg|"Virgin and Child with St. Anthony Abbot and St. Bernard." by Giuseppe Porta Cappella Dandollo of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Sibilla Eritrea (1570) di G. Porta.jpg|"The Eritrean Sibyl" by Giuseppe Porta ;5th left
Giustinian or "della Salute" : The chapel has a canvas by Paolo Veronese, depicting
Holy Family with St Catherine and Anthony Abbot (circa 1560). One source places the Veronese
Resurrection in this chapel. 3794 - Venezia - S. Francesco d. Vigna - Cappella Giustiniani - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 8-Dec-2007.jpg|Giustiniani's Chapel Cappella Giustinian Sacra Famiglia con Santa Caterina e Sant’Antonio Abate (1551) di Veronese.jpg|" Holy Family with St. Catherine and St. Anthony Abbot " by Paolo Veronese Cappella Giustinian Vergine col bambino (secolo XVII) di A. Vassillacchi.jpg|" Virgin and Child " by Antonio Vassilacchi Cappella Giustinian Virgin and Child with the shepherds (secolo XVII) di A. Vassillacchi.jpg|
Virgin and Child with the shepherds by
Antonio Vassilacchi Transept left ;
Chapel Priuli : Dedicated to the family
Priuli and patronized by
Pascal Baylon. It is closed by a polychrome marble balustrade of the XVe . On the right wall a painting of an Addolorate XVII attributed to
Antonio Vassilacchi. Below in the wall is the stone where
Justine of Padua knelt for his martyrdom (comes from the old church of Santa Giustina, now destroyed). The polychrome marble altar is surmounted by a niche in red marble from Verona, where one can see a wooden statue of
Pascal Baylon (1691) by Marchiò Molziner (withdrawn in 1898 from the Chapel Giustiniani where it was previously exhibited). On the altar a glass sarcophagus containing the body of Santa Cristina (martyred at 13 years in the year 297) relic deposited here following the destruction of the church Santa Giustina in 1810. ; The Monument to the Doge Marcantonio Trevisan : Above the door giving access to the Saint-Chapelle, the sacristy and the cloisters. The Monument is by Girolamo Campagna; The Doge's tomb is in the center of the transept facing the choir. On the right side of the door is a statue of St. Louis of Toulouse. ; The Holy Chapel : Accessible from the left arm of the
transept, the "
Madonna and Child with Four Saints and Donor" of
Giovanni Bellini (
1507). Cappella San Pasquale Bajlon of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice).jpg|Chapel
Priuli Cappella San Pasquale Bajlon of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - San Pasquale Bajlon - Marchiò Molziner.jpg|Statue of
Pascal Baylon by Marchiò Molziner Cappella San Pasquale Bajlon of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Addolorata by Antonio Vassilacchi.jpg|
Addolorata by
Antonio Vassilacchi Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Left transept.jpg|Background of the Left Transept Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Monument to Marcantonio Trevisan - Girolamo Campagna.jpg|Monument to Marcantonio Trevisan Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Left transept - Louis of Toulouse.jpg|St.
Louis of Toulouse Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Tomb of Marcantonio Trevisan.jpg|Tomb of doge
Marcantonio Trevisan Bellini Giovanni, Madonna e santi (1507).jpg|
Enthroned Madonna and Saints (1507) by
Giovanni Bellini ; Sacristy The Sacristy is organized with a central altar and two laterals. On the left side:
The adoration of the mages, a copy of the painting by
Federico Zuccari in the Grimani chapel, which is very degraded (oil on marble). This copy was made in 1833 by the painter
Michelangelo Grigoletti. On the other side of the left altar are two works by
Palma the Younger:
San Bonaventura nello studio and
San Diego de Alcalá in estasi. The central altar shows a painting by
Giuseppe Angeli (1709-1798)
The immacolata e santi of 1760. On the right side of the altar a door of
John of Capistrano painted around 1710 by
Nicola Grassi. From the same author on the right side
Antony of Padua. The altar of right is attributed to
Sansovino in 1559. On the wall of entrance on the left side
The Communion of San Bonaventura (Bonaventure of Bagnoregio) by Nicola Grassi and on the left ''San Francesco comfortato dall'angelo'' of the same author. Sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice).jpg|Côté gauche de la sacristie Adorazione dei Magi di Federico Zuccari copia Michelangelo Grigoletti (1801-1870).jpg|
The adoration of the mages Michelaongelo Grigoletti Sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - San Bonaventura nello studio di Palma il Giovane.jpg|
San Bonaventura nello studio Sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - San Diego d'Alcalá in estasi di Palma il Giovane.jpg|
San Diego de Alcalá in estasi Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Sacristy - John of Capistrano by Nicola Grassi.jpg|
John of Capistrano Nicola Grassi Sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Immacolata e santi di Giuseppe Angeli.jpg|
The immacolata e santi San Francesco confortato dall'angelo di Nicola Grassi.jpg|''San Francesco comfortato dall'angelo'' Sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - La comunione di san Bonaventura di Nicola Grassi.jpg|
The Communion of San Bonaventura ;Left of apse choir,
Badoer-Giustinian : In the late 15th century, the noble Venetian Girolamo Badoer commissioned a carved choir screen and altarpiece for their family chapel, dedicated to St. Jerome. Its construction was completed in 1509. :In 1534,
Jacopo Sansovino was commissioned to rebuild the church. Agnesina Badoer Giustinian (c. 1472–1542), the
Badoer heiress who had married into the Giustinian family, asked that the earlier works by the Lombardo family be incorporated into the new chapel. :Agnesina and her children are buried here as well as her second husband, procurator Girolamo Giustinian (1470–1532). Cappella Badoer Giustinian of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Left wall.jpg|Left wall Cappella Badoer Giustinian of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Retable.jpg|Altar piece Cappella Badoer Giustinian of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Right wall.jpg|Right Wall :- Right Wall: Below, a funeral inscription from 1690. Above it (level 2): bas-reliefs from the 15th century: Two evangelists by
Tullio Lombardo and Amedeo Lombardo, followed by six prophets of
Pietro Lombardo (fifteenth century). Level 3: christological cycle by Pietro Lombardo. :- The altar: the frontal shows the last judgment; the altarpiece is a marble triptych of St. Jerome and four saints, with pilasters separating the arches, the friezes and the pediments, by the Lombardo family. :- Left wall: Below: funeral inscription from 1688. Above it (level 2), six prophets, then two evangelists. Level 3: the christological cycle. All are by Pietro Lombardo. :In 1999, the Badoer-Giustinian Chapel underwent conservation treatments funded by the non-profit organization
Save Venice Inc. Choir The choir is complex, with a lateral vestibule on either side of the liturgical choir and a choir of brothers. The two are separated by the main altar and a partition. On each side, an apsidal chapel. On the right side of the vestibule is a picture by
Palma il giovane: the flagellation; below, an icon (
tempera on wood), anonymous work of the end of the XIVth century: Madonna dell'Umiltà . • On the left wall, the funerary monument and the epitaph of the doge
Andrea Gritti (died in 1538), a work of the Palladian school of the mid-16th century. On the right wall is the monument of Senator Tridiano
Gritti, who died in 1474. • The high altar: The design and the sculptures are attributed to
Girolamo Campagna in the second half of the XVIth. Initially the two groups of four wooden columns contained the statues of
Francis of Assis and
Antony of Padua. The center has the unusual characteristic of not having an altarpiece, but a cross. In 1649 Baltasarre Longhena was commissioned to modify the altar. Above the eight Corinthian columns it has set up a cornice in the baroque style. In the second half of the 19th century, a large tabernacle was built from the ruined church of Santa Lucia, the statues of St. Francis and St. Anthony were removed from the altar and out of the side doors of the choir brothers. In 1939 the tabernacle, deemed too ostentatious for the Franciscan ideal, was changed. On the pediment of the triumphal arch, the Eternal Father; and on the sides, the Annunciation in painted wood (second half of the sixteenth century): these are attributed to
Girolamo Campagna. San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Left side of vestibule - Madonna dell’Umiltà.jpg|
Madonna dell’Umiltà San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Monument to Andrea Gritti.jpg|Monument to
Andrea Gritti San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Monument to Tradiano Gritti.jpg|Monument to Tradiano Gritti San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Main altar.jpg|Main altar San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Main altar pediment.jpg|Main altar pediment by Girolamo Campagna Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Wood statue of St. Antony by Girolamo Campagna.jpg|Antony of Padua by Girolamo Campagna Interior of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Choir - Wood statue of St. Francis by Girolamo Campagna.jpg|Francis of Assis by Girolamo Campagna
Transept right ;The Chapel
Giustinian dei Vescovi The absidial chapel of right; It is under the patronage of
Peter of Alcántara. It was financed and dedicated to the Giustinian "dei vescovi" family (bishops) because this branch of the family had a good number of prelates in these ranks. The vault is decorated with stucco of the eighteenth century, with a central medallion
Saint Peter of Alcantara in Glory (1765) by
Francesco Fontebasso. On either side of the stalls of the eighteenth century; Above the tables with gypseries. On the right wall:
The death of Peter of Alcántara (1765) Francesco Fontebasso,
Penance and meditation (1789) by
Francesco Maggiotto,
Peter of Alcántara and the Queen of Spain, (1765) Francesco Fontebasso. The altar: the table of the altar represents
Francis of Assisi receiving the infant Jesus of the Virgin beginning of the seventeenth century by
Sante Peranda. On the left wall:
The ecstasy of Saint Peter (1765) Francesco Fontebasso,
The theological virtues (1785) by
Jacopo Marieschi, ''Peter of Alcántara shows FRancesc ad'Avila the way to paradise'' (1765) Francesco Fontebasso Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice).jpg|The Chapel
Giustinian dei Vescovi Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Saint Peter of Alcantara in Glory (1765) Francesco Fontebasso.jpg|
Saint Peter of Alcantara in Glory Francesco Fontebasso Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Death of Peter of Alcántara - by Francesco Fontebasso.jpg|
Death of Peter of Alcántara Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Penance and Meditation by Francesco Maggiotto.jpg|
Penance and Meditation by
Francesco Maggiotto Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Peter of Alcantara shows, to Teresa d'Avila, the way to paradise - by Francesco Fontebasso.jpg|Peter of Alcantara shows, to Teresa d'Avila, the way to paradise Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Peter of Alcántara and the Queen of Spain - by Francesco Fontebasso.jpg|
Peter of Alcántara and the Queen of Spain Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - The theological virtues by Jacopo Marieschi.jpg|
The theological virtues Cappella Giustinian dei Vescovi of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Ecstasy of Saint Peter (1765) by Francesco Fontebasso.jpg|
Ecstasy of Saint Peter ;Altar for the Morosini di Sbarra family The
Enthroned Madonna and child (c. 1478) by
Antonio da Negroponte. A lunette was added to the painting later, depicting
God the Father and the Holy Ghost (early 16th century) by
Benedetto Rusconi (il Diana). The transept has a side portal called the Holy Land portal with a
Monument to Domenico Trevisan, in right wall portrait of Saint Lawrence of Rome. Antonio da negroponte.jpg|
Virgin and Child Enthroned, by
Fra Antonio da Negroponte Right transept of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) - Saint Lawrence of Rome.jpg|Saint Lawrence of Rome ==Notes==