Giovanni Bellini

Italian · 1430–1516

Renaissance

He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, but now that familial generational relationship is questioned.

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Saint Jerome Reading — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 8works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1430–1516life
movement: Renaissancemovement

The work

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Saint Jerome Reading

Giovanni Bellini · National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Giovanni Bellini · National Gallery of Art

The Infant Bacchus

Giovanni Bellini · National Gallery of Art

Who Giovanni Bellini was

Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, but now that familial generational relationship is questioned. An older brother, Gentile Bellini, was more highly regarded than Giovanni during his lifetime, but the reverse is true today. His brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna.

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