Painting ID:: 58255
Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, 1496; Tempera & oil on canvas; Accademia, Venice.
Gentile Bellini Italian
c1429-1507
Gentile Bellini Gallery
(b Venice, ?1429; d Venice, 23 Feb 1507). Painter and draughtsman, son of (1) Jacopo Bellini. An official painter of the Venetian Republic, he was a dominant figure in Venetian art for several decades in the latter half of the 15th century, known particularly for portraits and large narrative paintings in which the city and its inhabitants are depicted in great detail. Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, 1496; Tempera & oil on canvas; Accademia, Venice.
