Francesco Vecellio
Illustration — Resurrection - Church San Salvador Venice • Illustration — Attributed to Francesco Vecellio, Saint Antonio Searches with Great Interest for the Heart in the Coffin Francesco Vecellio (c. 1475 – 1560) was a Venetian painter of the Italian Renaissance. Vecellio was born in Pieve di Cadore, in the Republic of Venice, in either 1475 or 1483; he was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter Tiziano Vecellio ("Titian").
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Francesco Vecellio
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- 1475 · Pieve di Cadore.
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- 1560 · Pieve di Cadore.
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Illustration — Resurrection - Church San Salvador Venice • Illustration — Attributed to Francesco Vecellio, Saint Antonio Searches with Great Interest for the Heart in the Coffin Francesco Vecellio (c. 1475 – 1560) was a Venetian painter of the Italian Renaissance. Vecellio was born in Pieve di Cadore, in the Republic of Venice, in either 1475 or 1483; he was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter Tiziano Vecellio ("Titian").
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He was a soldier, and fought in battles at Vienna and at Verona. He then worked as a painter; in 1530 he painted the shutters of the organ of the church of San Salvador in Venice. From about 1534 he worked as a wood-engraver. He painted an Annunciation for San Nicola di Bari, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, along with Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy (Glasgow). He died in Pieve di Cadore in 1559 or 1560.
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1475
Francesco Vecellio born at Pieve di Cadore.
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Francesco Vecellio died at Pieve di Cadore.
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He was the child of Gregorio Vecellio.
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