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Commission
When an individual or organisation employs an artist to execute a particular project, the process and the resulting work are termed a ‘commission’.
Details
- Acc. No. NG 458
- Medium Oil on canvas
- Size 174.00 x 190.50 (framed: 214.60 x 232.40 x 15.20 cm)
- Credit Presented by Sir Charles Eastlake 1863
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian, active 1459 - died 1516)
Giovanni was the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini and younger brother of Gentile. By the beginning of the 1470s Giovanni Bellini was generally recognised as the city’s leading painter of altarpieces and of smaller devotional works. Official recognition of his pre-eminent position in all branches of Venetian painting came in 1479, when he was appointed to work alongside his brother Gentile on the history cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace. Partly in response to the burden of work imposed by this appointment, Giovanni came to employ numerous assistants; and by about 1500 he stood at the head of what was probably the largest painter’s workshop in fifteenth-century Italy.
Glossary Open
Altarpiece
An artwork behind a church altar featuring religious scenes or imagery which was usually the focus for the celebration of the Mass.
Doge
The rulers and chief magistrates of the former republics of Genoa and Venice in Italy.
Workshop
Specifically used for a group of artists or craftsmen working collaboratively, usually under the direction of a master, up to the mid-17th century. The phrase 'Workshop of…' is used to describe the origin of an artwork when the master artist had no hand in its creation.
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