Collection: Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516) is the painter from whom the great Venetian painting of colour and light was born. He worked for more than sixty years, until he was over eighty, and Giorgione and Titian trained in his workshop. His Madonnas sit in front of real Venetian countryside, with hills, castles and bare trees, in a light that changes with the hour of the day.

In this collection you will find the San Zaccaria and San Giobbe Altarpieces, the Madonna degli Alberetti, the Madonna of the Meadow, the Sacred Allegory in the Uffizi, a Pietà and the Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan, printed on handmade Amalfi paper.

Out of his workshop came Giorgione and Titian; his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna.