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In Saint Jerome Reading, Giovanni Bellini explores a religious figure with Saint Jerome, but more specifically there is an exploration of the natural world as can be seen by most of the painting. It was made in 1505, and today it is located in the…

Giovanni Bellini painted this work of art. He was a painter of the Venetian School who was sensitive to the colors and adept at using them to convey messages in his painting. He was also known for the ability to crate realist drawings with the effect…

Jacopo Tintoretto was an artist hailing from Venice during the sixteenth century and was the son of a man who dyed silk to make a living. This painting, Summer, is one of three paintings by Tintoretto that are representative of the 3 seasons,…

This oil on panel painting was one of Giovanni Bellini’s earlier works. The dating of this painting as 1505, indicated by the inscription in the bottom left corner of the painting, is puzzling to many art historians as the style of this painting was…

In this piece, we see a woman gently holding her child; the two characters can specifically be identified as the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus. The woman’s hair is covered with a dark cloth and she wears a red dress as she holds the child on a…

The painting of the Allegory of Chastity was originally created as a portrait cover for the bishop of Treviso, Bernardo de' Rossi. At the time, the bishop created a close-knit group of artists that he utilized to create works of art, which included…

This portrait was a later work of Gentile Bellini that showcases his flat patterned style that has been used to identify other works of his. The painting takes on a side-portrait view of the doge depicting him in a very stately and pious manner. He…

Mars and Neptune is painted by Paolo Veronese from 1575 - 1578. The Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese(1528–1588) is known for the idea of opulence and splendor of Renaissance Venice that reflected in his arts. Being educated in the shadow of…

The Portrait of Doge Leonardo Dona was painted by Giovanni Bellini in 1501-02. Its current location is in the National Gallery, London. Initially, this painting was located in Venice, Italy, and was believed to be looted by Napoleon when he came…

This piece was one of the few artworks to survive from the fires in the Ducal palace [1]. While in its current form the edges are slightly withered, the fresco remains largely intact. The image was originally commissioned by the Holy Church, and is…