Saints Mark, George and Nicholas free Venice from the Demons (Sea Storm)

Palma Vecchio's Saints Mark, George and Nicholas Freeing Venice from Demons (Sea Storm), painted around 1528 and now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, is a dramatic civic-religious painting depicting Venice's patron saints protecting the city during a devastating storm. The subject reflects the powerful mythology of Venetian civic identity, where the city's patron saints were believed to actively intervene in its defense. Palma Vecchio died before completing the work, and it was finished by Paris Bordone.

The dramatic seascape combines Palma Vecchio's warm, painterly Venetian style with the turbulent energy of the storm scene, using dark, agitated seas and dramatic lighting to convey the supernatural intervention.