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Facts

Born c.1429 • Venice • Italy
Buried February 23, 1507
Notable Works “Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo” • “Portrait of Mohammad II” • “Seated Scribe” • “St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria”
Movement / Style Renaissance art • Venetian school • Renaissance
Notable Family Members father Jacopo Bellini • brother Giovanni Bellini

Photos

Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo
Seated Scribe, gouache and pen with ink on paper, by Gentile Bellini, 1479–80; in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. 18.2 × 14 cm.
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Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Jacopo Bellini: The Nativity
Jacopo Bellini
Italian painter
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Paris Bordone
Italian painter
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Jean Clouet
French painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
Portrait of Marguerite de Valois, chalk drawing by François Clouet, c. 1559; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. 30.1 × 21.1 cm.
François Clouet
French painter
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Greek artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Benozzo Gozzoli: detail of Procession of the Magi
Benozzo Gozzoli
Italian painter
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola
Italian artist
Piero di Cosimo: A Hunting Scene
Piero di Cosimo
Italian painter
The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
Italian painter
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Franciabigio
Italian painter

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