Gentile Bellini
1429 – 1507
Bellini, Gentile (1429? -1507), Venetian painter, son of Jacopo and (probably elder) brother of Giovanni Bellini. A much honored painter during his lifetime, Gentile was sent by the Venetian state to Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1479 in response to Sultan Muhammad II's request for a good portraitist.
15 artworks in collection
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14601501
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