- A Tintoretto painting has gone on display at Rome Fiumicino Airport
- The Assumption of the Virgin is in Terminal 1
- The work belongs to the Fondo Edifici di Culto
- The painting was created between 1554 and 1555
- The display is part of Aeroporti di Roma’s Pillars of Art initiative
The Assumption of the Virgin by Venetian Renaissance master Jacopo Robusti known as Tintoretto is now on public display at Rome Fiumicino Airport. The 16th-century altarpiece was unveiled in the Terminal 1 Departures Piazza on 10 November 2026. The painting is installed in the Piazza area of Terminal 1 Departures at Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport.
The display is a collaboration between airport operator Aeroporti di Roma and the Italian Ministry of the Interior’s Fondo Edifici di Culto. Officials inaugurated the exhibition on 10 November 2026 accompanied by a musical performance from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The installation forms part of ADR’s Pillars of Art cultural initiative which brings historic Italian works outside traditional museums for international travellers.
Tintoretto painted the oil-on-canvas altarpiece between 1554 and 1555 for the high altar of the Church of the Crociferi in Venice. It was later housed in Venice’s Church of Santa Maria Assunta commonly known as I Gesuiti. The work reflects a period when Tintoretto experimented with bright colours and luminous effects inspired by fellow Venetian painter Paolo Veronese.
