Vittore Carpaccio

Years of life:	1465 – 1523
Artist's Teachers:	Gentile Bellini
Art Movement:	High Renaissance
Painting School:	Venetian School

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

Notable Venetian storyteller with an eye for homely, factual detail, crowds, and processions. His religious and mythological stories within images of his own familiar Venice and thus chronicled his own times. There are many details in his paintings. He is a forerunner of later domestic genre painters and recorders of the Venetian scene, such as Canaletto.

Vittore Carpaccio’s major works are The Dismissal of the English Ambassadors, 1495 (Venice: Gallerie dell’ Accademia); The Flight into Egypt, c. 1500 (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art); Young Knight in a Landscape,1510 (Madrid: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza).

References:

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

Artworks:

Birth of Mary

between 1504 and 1508

Birth of Mary • between 1504 and 1508
Glory of St Vitalis

1514

Glory of St Vitalis • 1514
Portrait of a young woman

Portrait of a young woman
The Stoning of St Stephen

1520

The Stoning of St Stephen • 1520
Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman

1510

Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman • 1510
Two Venetian Ladies

1490

Two Venetian Ladies • 1490
Enthroned Madonna and John the Baptist, left: St. Joseph and St. Anna, right: St. Elizabeth and St. Zacharias

1500

Enthroned Madonna and John the Baptist, left: St. Joseph and St. Anna, right: St. Elizabeth and St. Zacharias • 1500
Salvator Mundi

1510

Salvator Mundi • 1510
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

1510

Presentation of Jesus in the Temple • 1510
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John
Crucifixion of the ten thousand on Mount Ararat

1515

Crucifixion of the ten thousand on Mount Ararat • 1515
Disputation of St Stephen

1514

Disputation of St Stephen • 1514
The Dream of St. Ursula

1495 –1500

The Dream of St. Ursula • 1495 –1500
The farewell of the ambassadors

1495

The farewell of the ambassadors • 1495
Meeting of the pilgrims with the Pope

1493

Meeting of the pilgrims with the Pope • 1493
Arrival of the English Ambassadors

between 1495 and 1500

Arrival of the English Ambassadors • between 1495 and 1500
Vision of St. Augustine

1502

Vision of St. Augustine • 1502
St. Trypho of Phrygia frees the daughter of Emperor Gordian from a demon

1507

St. Trypho of Phrygia frees the daughter of Emperor Gordian from a demon • 1507
St. Jerome with the lion in the monastery

1502

St. Jerome with the lion in the monastery • 1502
The Savior blesses four apostles

1480

The Savior blesses four apostles • 1480
The Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto

1494

The Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto • 1494
The lamentation over the dead Christ

1510

The lamentation over the dead Christ • 1510
Young Knight in a Landscape (also known as Portrait of a Knight)

1510

Young Knight in a Landscape (also known as Portrait of a Knight) • 1510
The Flight into Egypt

1515

The Flight into Egypt • 1515
Man with Red Hat

1490

Man with Red Hat • 1490
Portrait of a Woman

between 1495 and 1498

Portrait of a Woman • between 1495 and 1498
The Ambassadors Return to the English Court

between 1495 and 1500

The Ambassadors Return to the English Court • between 1495 and 1500