San Trovaso (dedicated to Saints

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, of which ''Trovaso'' is a vernacular

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) is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of

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, northern

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. The church dates to at least the 1028. The present church was rebuilt by 1584. The architect was probably Francesco Smeraldi. The church was consecrated in 1637. In the chancel are two canvases, ''Adoration of the Magi'' and ''Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple'' (before 1587) by

Domenico Tintoretto Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto (1560 – 17 May 1635), was an Italian painter from Venice. He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Tintoretto, Jacopo Tintoretto. Life Apprenticeship Domenico was bor ...

, brought here from the church of

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. The left rear chapel, commissioned by Antonio Milledonne, has a ''Temptations of Saint Anthony Abbot'' by

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. In addition the ''St. Chrysogonus on Horseback'' (c. 1444) was painted by Michele Giambono. The ''Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento'' has a ''Last Supper'' by the elder

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companied by a copy of ''Christ washing the feet of the disciples'' by the same painter. The original is now housed in the

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. The Last Supper is shown on the

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, in the pavilion of the Vatican City.Expo 2015 expo2015.org
The second chapel to the right has a ''Madonna and child in Glory'' by

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San Trovaso San Trovaso (dedicated to Saints Gervasius and Protasius, of which ''Trovaso'' is a vernacular Contraction (grammar), contraction) is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. The church dates to at least t ...

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