Giovanni
Bellini
Venetian painter. Together with his brother Gentile he founded the Venetian school of painting in the early Renaissance.
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1435
Born as son of the painter Jacopo Bellini in Venice
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1459–60
Jacopo Bellini with possible contributions by Giovanni and Gentile Bellini: The Crucifixion, about 1459-60, egg tempera on panel, 28,6 x 57 cm
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1475–80
Giovanni Bellini: The Descent of Christ into Limbo,
about 1475–80, oil on vellum on panel, 51,8 x 37,3 cm
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Ab 1479
Works in the doge’s palace
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1483
Named official painter of the Republic of Venice
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1514
Giovanni Bellini with later additions by Dosso Dossi and Titian:
The Feast of the Gods, 1514-29, oil on canvas, 170,2 x 188 cm
© Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC -
1516
Dies on 29 November 1516 in Venice