The “corintha machina“ of Scuola Grande della Misercordia in Venice is reborn

by Ornella Varisco | Oct 11, 2019 | architecture, art, history, minor architecture | 0 comments

the Tuscan poet Aretino defined in a letter of 1537 to Sansovino the Scuola Grande della Misericordia as the “corintha machina“. This amazing former confraternity reopened a few years ago its doors after a successful long and expensive restoration