Statue of Paolo Veronese

Paolo Caliari called Veronese (Verona, 1528 - Venice, 19th April 1588), the great Italian Renaissance painter. From 1556 until his death he lived in Venice, where he became known as “the Veronese”. The artist’s most famous masterpieces in Verona are San Giorgio in Braida altarpiece, the famous Pala Marogna in the church of St. Paul, in the neighbourhood of where the painter was born. Other works of Veronese are exposed in the Castelvecchio museum. The monument to Veronese was created to celebrate the 3rd centenary of his death.

The statue was made by the sculptor Romeo Cristani (1855-1920), who grounded the work on Torquato Della Torre’s model; it was inaugurated on 3rd June 1888. Originally the statue was located in piazza Santa Anastasia and it was moved in 1910. The statue is in good conditions but it isn’t very well valued because of its position and the absence of artificial lighting.