Where can you see Giorgione in Venice?

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Tempest and The Old Woman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Giorgione's most famous work in Venice?

The Tempest, of about 1506 to 1508, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. A soldier and a nursing woman in a landscape under a storm, with a flash of lightning over the town: a picture whose subject has never been explained.

When and where was Giorgione born?

About 1477 to 1478, at Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice. Giorgione died in 1510, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 33.

What is Giorgione known for?

Very few paintings are surely his. Titian worked beside him and finished some of his work. No one agrees what The Tempest shows. Giorgione was a Venetian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1477 to 1510

Giorgione

Giorgione painted for only a few years and few paintings are surely his. Yet his soft light, his landscapes and his mysterious subjects changed Venetian painting, and Titian, who worked beside him, carried them on.

Born: 1477, Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice
Died: 1510, Venice, Republic of Venice
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In Venice: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Giorgione in Venice

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Gallerie dell'Accademia2 works

The Tempest
about 1506 to 1508
A soldier and a nursing woman in a landscape under a storm, with a flash of lightning over the town: a picture whose subject has never been explained.
The Old Woman
about 1506
An old woman pointing to herself and holding a scroll that reads col tempo, with time: a portrait and a warning.

The life of Giorgione

Giorgione came from Castelfranco, on the mainland, and trained in Venice, perhaps with Giovanni Bellini. He painted for private collectors small pictures whose meaning was meant for them alone, and frescoes on the fronts of Venetian buildings, now almost gone.

He died of the plague in 1510, in his early thirties. The Tempest and the Old Woman in the Accademia are among the few pictures every scholar gives him.

What to know

Very few paintings are surely his
Titian worked beside him and finished some of his work
No one agrees what The Tempest shows

Born: About 1477 to 1478, Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice
Died: 1510, Venice, Republic of Venice

Giorgione: common questions

Where can you see Giorgione in Venice?: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Tempest and The Old Woman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Giorgione's most famous work in Venice?: The Tempest, of about 1506 to 1508, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. A soldier and a nursing woman in a landscape under a storm, with a flash of lightning over the town: a picture whose subject has never been explained.
When and where was Giorgione born?: About 1477 to 1478, at Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice. Giorgione died in 1510, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 33.
What is Giorgione known for?: Very few paintings are surely his. Titian worked beside him and finished some of his work. No one agrees what The Tempest shows. Giorgione was a Venetian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.