Titian, Tiziano Vecelli - Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini 1511-1512
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Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini 1511-1512
80x66cm oil on panel
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen:
According to the Italian artist and historiographer Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) biography from 1568, Titian studied under Gentile Bellini (1429-1507), whose brother – and fellow artist – is believed to be the person portrayed here.
Titian divided the background into two parts – a dark, uniform surface and a narrow glimpse of a rolling landscape with shepherds – as a nod to his old master, for Giovanni Bellini was among the artists who introduced this particular element in Venetian portraits.