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Carpaccio was born in Venice (between 1460 and 1465), [4] [5] the son of Pietro Scarpaza, a Venetian furrier in the parish of Arcangelo Raffaele. [4] [footnotes 1] Although Carpaccio's precise date of birth remains unknown, various documents have offered clues in order to narrow it down to a particular span of years.
The painting was commissioned for the Grand Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, the seat of the eponymous brotherhood in Venice.The commission included a total of nine large canvasses by prominent artists of the time, including Gentile Bellini, Perugino, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Mansueti, Lazzaro Bastiani and Benedetto Rusconi.
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Life of the Virgin is a cycle of six large canvases by Vittore Carpaccio, dating to between 1504 and 1508. Originally painted for the sala dell'Albergo in the Scuola di Santa Maria degli Albanesi in Venice, they are now split between several museums. They are mostly in oil, though some of them are in mixed technique.
the Miami Herald Editorial Board August 8, 2024 at 12:41 PM Six candidates are challenging Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who is seeking a second term in a nonpartisan Aug. 20 ...
The Legend of Saint Ursula (Italian: Storie di sant'Orsola) is a series of nine large wall-paintings on canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio, commissioned by the Loredan family and originally created for the Scuola di Sant'Orsola (Ursula) in Venice, which was under their patronage.
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