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Francesco Vecellio (about 1475 – 1560) was a
Venetian painter of the
Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento ) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Europe and marked the trans ...
. He was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter
Tiziano Vecellio
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian ( Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, ne ...
("Titian").
Vecellio was born in
Pieve di Cadore
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, in the
Republic of Venice
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, in either 1475 or 1483; he was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter
Tiziano Vecellio
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian ( Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, ne ...
("Titian"). He was a soldier, and fought in battles at
Vienna
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and at
Verona
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. He then worked as a painter; in 1530 he painted the shutters of the organ of the church of
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital i ...
in
Venice
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. From about 1534 he worked as a
wood-engraver
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. He painted an ''Annunciation'' for San Nicola di Bari, now in the
Gallerie dell'Accademia
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, along with ''
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy
''Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy'' is a 1516 oil on canvas painting, now in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, which purchased it from the McLellan collection in 1856. The Madonna's pose is based on that of ...
'' (Glasgow).
He died in Pieve di Cadore in 1559 or 1560.
References
Further reading
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* Ettore Merkel, Francesco Vecellio's Organ Door Schutters in San Salvador, in Save Venice, 1995, pp. 22-27
1480s births
1560 deaths
People from the Province of Belluno
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
16th-century Italian painters
Painters from Venice
Italian Renaissance painters
Titian
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