Gentile Bellini

Self-portrait (1496) - Gentile Bellini

Years of life:	1429 – 1507
Artist's students:	Titian
Art Movement:	Early Renaissance
Painting School:	Venetian School

Genre:	Portrait , Landscape , Religious
Country:	Italy
Century:	XV , XVI

Gentile was the brother of Giovanni Bellini and he was much respected in his own lifetime. was noted especially for panoramic views of his native Venice, peopled with crowds and processions; thus establishing a subject and tradition that reached its apogee in Canaletto. Many of his works have perished.

Gentile Bellini’s major works are Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, c. 1480 (Venice: Museo Correr); Sultan Mohammed II, c. 1480 (London: National Gallery); Miracle at Ponte di Lorenzo, 1500 (Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Procession of the True Cross

1490s

Procession of the True Cross • 1490s
The Sultan Mehmet II

1480

The Sultan Mehmet II • 1480
Doge Giovanni Mocenigo

Doge Giovanni Mocenigo
Self-portrait

1496 or before 1496

Self-portrait • 1496 or before 1496
The Virgin and Child Enthroned

The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Andrea Vendramin, Doge of Venice, his secretary, and a Papal Nuncio

Andrea Vendramin, Doge of Venice, his secretary, and a Papal Nuncio
Portrait of Aikaterini Cornaro Queen of Cyprus

1500

Portrait of Aikaterini Cornaro Queen of Cyprus • 1500
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo

1500

Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo • 1500
The Healing of Pietro dei Ludovici

1501

The Healing of Pietro dei Ludovici • 1501
Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo

between 1478 and 1479

Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo • between 1478 and 1479
The Annunciation

1465

The Annunciation • 1465
Seated Scribe

between 1479 and 1481

Seated Scribe • between 1479 and 1481
Portrait of a Doge, probably Pasquale Malipiero

between 1460 and 1462

Portrait of a Doge, probably Pasquale Malipiero • between 1460 and 1462
Portrait of young man

Portrait of young man
Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (c.1420-1501)

after 1486

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (c.1420-1501) • after 1486