Jacopo Bellini c. 1400 - c. 1470
Gentile Bellini c. 1429 - 1507
Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 - 1516
Venetian painters

	"In the old church of the San Francesco della Vigna, the seat of the Observant Friars, he did such a beautiful picture of the dead Christ that when its praises came to be sung before Louis X!, the king of France, he asked for it so insistently that its possessors were forced, albeit unwillingly, to gratify his wish." II-66 Christ crowned with thorns, Statens Konstmuseer, Stockholm
	"In its place was put another painting signed by Giovanni, but it was neither as beautiful nor as well executed as the first; and some believe that this picture was chiefly the work of Girolamo Mocetto, a pupil of Giovanni." II-66 Madonna and Child with Four Saints and Donor, San Francesco della Vigna, Venice
	The Venetian Senate, in response to a request from the Grand Turk, sent Gentile to Constantinople. "Gentile had not lived long in that part of the world before he portrayed the emperor Muhammad from life so well that it was held to be a miracle." II-67 Portrait of Sultan Mehmet II, National Gallery, London
	"Giovanni drew for Messer Pietro Bembo...a portrait of his mistress that was so lifelike that [he] was deservedly celebrated by the Venetian in a sonnet... " II-69 Lady at her toilet, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
	"In Rimini, for Signor Sigismondo Malatesta, he did a large picture containing a Pieta, supported by two putti, which is now in San Francesco in that city." II-69 Dead Christ supported by angels, Pinacoteca Comunale, Rimini
	"He also did the portrait of Bartolomeo d'Alviano, captain of the Venetians." II-69 Portrait of Bartolomeo d'Alviano, NGA, Washington