The Way to Calvary

religious

Born in the province of Bergamo, Cariani learnt painting in Venice, probably in the workshop of Sebastiano del Piombo. He was one of the most intriguing of the second-rate artists to emerge in the first decades of the sixteenth century. In the Venetian milieu dominated by Titian, he was capable of preserving his singular tone, his powerful, immediate realism, his particular style which incorporated elements from Sebastiano and Titian and sometimes from other artists such as Palma Vecchio and Lorenzo Lotto.

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About the Artist

Giovanni Cariani

1485 – 1547

Giovanni Busi, called Cariani, was a Bergamasque, but worked principally in Venice. He was perhaps a pupil of Giovanni Bellini and Palma Vecchio, but was also influenced by Giorgione, Titian and Lotto. In turn, some of his works foreshadow his fellow-Bergamasque, Caravaggio. Some frescoes have recently been discovered in the citadel, Bergamo. Other works are in the Royal Collection, Windsor, and in Bergamo and other museums.

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