Vincenzo Scamozzi began the church of San Nicolò da Tolentino in Venice in 1590, and it was completed in 1714. The Theatines, who had arrived in Venice in 1527 after the Sack of Rome, were the patrons. The article says Scamozzi's relationship with them was stormy. Andrea Tirali designed the portico, a freestanding Corinthian portico described as the only one in Venice.
Inside, Mattia Bortoloni painted the ceiling, and Baldassare Longhena designed the high altar. Johann Liss's altarpiece, Inspiration of Saint Jerome, dates from 1627, and Bernardo Strozzi's St Lawrence Giving Alms from 1629. The baroque organ by Pietro Nacchini dates from 1754. Four doges are buried here, among them Giovanni I Corner and Paolo Renier.
The annexed monastery is now part of the architecture university, where Carlo Scarpa worked on an entrance in 1966.
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