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Jacopo Bellini

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Jacopo Bellini

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Also known as Bellini, Jacobo Bellini, Jacobo Bellini padre, Iacopo Bellino, Iacomo Bellino, Giacomo Bellini, Iacopo Bellini

Italian painter

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Jacopo Bellini was a male painter and draftsperson active during the Renaissance. Born in 1396 or 1400, he was a citizen of the Republic of Venice and worked in Florence, Venice, Verona, and Ferrara. He studied under Gentile da Fabriano and was part of the Bellini family. His children included Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini, who were also his students. Andrea Mantegna is listed as a relative. Bellini died in Venice in 1470.

His works are held in collections such as the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Uffizi Gallery, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He spoke French. Sources describing him include *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects* and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*.

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Works in European collections

18 objects attributed to Jacopo Bellini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Virgin of Humility, adored by a prince of the House of Este, 1440. Notice the Pseudo-Kufic mantle hem. Louvre Museum.

Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – c. 1470) was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters.

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