Vittore Scarpaccia (Carpaccio), Venetian painter 1472 - 1526
and other Venetian and Lombard painters
Of many, then, who flourished at one and the same time and in one and the same province, and about whom I have not been able to learn and am not able to write every particular, I will now give some brief account..
Vasari includes, amongst others:
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"..over the wall of the Church of S. Consolata, he [Stefano da Verona] painted a Madonna and certain birds, in particular a peacock, his emblem." I-599 Madonna and St Catherine |
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"Of the same city of Verona was Altichiero da Zevio, who was very much the friend of the Signori della Scala, and who painted the Great Hall of their Palace, depicting therein the War of Jerusalem, according as it is described by Josephus." I-601 Only a series of profile heads of Roman emperors survives. |
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"...among many portraits of men of distinction and learning, there is seen that of Messer Francesco Petrarcha." I-601 Petrarch in his study |
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After Altichiero: illustration from Petrarch's De Viris Illustribus |
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"Jacopo Avanzi, a painter of Bologna, shared the work of this hall with Altichiero...the same Jacopo, together with Altichiero, painted the chapel of S. Giorgio, which is beside the Church of S. Antonio, in Padua." I-601 Death of St Lucy Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua |
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The Beheading of Saint George Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua |
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"A man who was held in esteem at Venice about the same time, although he adhered to the Greek manner, was Jacobello del Fiore, who made a number of works in that city; in particular, a panel for the nuns of the Corpus Domini." I-602 Madonna della Misericordia |
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Jacobello del Fiore Justice between the Archangels Michael and Gabriel Painted for the Palazzo Ducale |
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Jacobello del Fiore Coronation of the Virgin |
