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Gentile Bellini

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Gentile Bellini

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Also known as Gentilis Bellini, Gentile Bellini Pittore Antico Veneziano, Bellin Gentil, Bellini, Gentilè Bellino, Gen. Bellini, Gentil Bellino, Gentil`e Bellino

Italian painter of the renaissance (1429–1507)

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Gentile Bellini was an Italian male artist and composer. Born on January 1, 1429, he died on February 23, 1507. His artistic output is associated with the classical and belcanto genres, as well as European and Italian traditions.

Records indicate that Bellini created works across various sources, with counts ranging from one to twelve. One specific work listed is "Fatih Sultan Mehmed ve ressam Bellini," dated 1479-1480. His contributions have been referenced by 229 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Died
1507
Works
1

Top works

  • Fatih Sultan Mehmed ve ressam Bellini, 1479-1480

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1801-11-03
Active to
1835-09-23
belcantoclassicalcomposereuropeanitalianopera

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Key facts

Born
c. 1429, Venice , Republic of Venice
Died
23 February 1507, Venice , Republic of Venice
Resting place
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo
Known for
Painter, noted for portraits and paintings of Middle Eastern scenes
Notable work
Sultan Mehmed II and others

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

12 objects attributed to Gentile Bellini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was a Venetian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and, at least in the early part of his career, was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giovanni Bellini - a reversal of the situation today. From 1474, he was the official portrait artist for the Doges of Venice. In addition to his portraits, he painted a number of very large works with multitudes of figures, especially for the Scuole Grandi of Venice, wealthy confraternities that were very important in Venetian patrician social life.

In 1479, he was sent to Constantinople by the Venetian government when the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II requested an artist; he returned the next year. Thereafter, a number of his subjects were set in the East, and he is one of the founders of the Orientalist tradition in European painting. His portrait of the Sultan was also copied in paintings and prints and became known all over Europe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gentile Bellini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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