Where can you see Giovanni Bellini in Venice?

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: San Giobbe Altarpiece and Madonna of the Small Trees. At the Basilica dei Frari: Frari Triptych. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Giovanni Bellini's most famous work in Venice?

San Giobbe Altarpiece, of about 1480 to 1487, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. The Virgin enthroned under a gilded vault among saints, with three angels playing at her feet, painted for the church of San Giobbe.

When and where was Giovanni Bellini born?

About 1430 to 1435, at Venice. Giovanni Bellini died on 29 November 1516, at Venice, aged about 86.

What is Giovanni Bellini known for?

The leading painter of Venice for half a century. Giorgione and Titian came out of his workshop. His triptych is still in the sacristy of the Frari. Giovanni Bellini was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1430 to 1516

Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini worked in Venice for some sixty years and taught the city to paint in light and colour. Giorgione and Titian learnt from him, and his Madonnas, calm and grave, are in the Accademia and in the churches they were made for.

Born: 1430, Venice
Died: 1516, Venice
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In Venice: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Giovanni Bellini 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

San Giobbe Altarpiece
about 1480 to 1487
The Virgin enthroned under a gilded vault among saints, with three angels playing at her feet, painted for the church of San Giobbe.
Madonna of the Small Trees
1487
The Virgin holding the Child before a green cloth, with a small tree on either side of her.

Basilica dei Frari1 work

Frari Triptych
1488
The Virgin and Child between four saints, in the carved and gilded frame made for it, still in the sacristy it was painted for.

The life of Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni was the son of one painter, the brother of another and the brother-in-law of a third, Mantegna. He took up the oil technique that had come from the north and used it to paint light: the first Italian whose skies look like weather.

He was official painter to the Republic of Venice, and the portrait of its doge is the best picture that office produced.

What to know

The leading painter of Venice for half a century
Giorgione and Titian came out of his workshop
His triptych is still in the sacristy of the Frari

Born: About 1430 to 1435, Venice
Died: 29 November 1516, Venice

Giovanni Bellini: common questions

Where can you see Giovanni Bellini in Venice?: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: San Giobbe Altarpiece and Madonna of the Small Trees. At the Basilica dei Frari: Frari Triptych. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Giovanni Bellini's most famous work in Venice?: San Giobbe Altarpiece, of about 1480 to 1487, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. The Virgin enthroned under a gilded vault among saints, with three angels playing at her feet, painted for the church of San Giobbe.
When and where was Giovanni Bellini born?: About 1430 to 1435, at Venice. Giovanni Bellini died on 29 November 1516, at Venice, aged about 86.
What is Giovanni Bellini known for?: The leading painter of Venice for half a century. Giorgione and Titian came out of his workshop. His triptych is still in the sacristy of the Frari. Giovanni Bellini was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.