Jacopo Bellini

Venetian, c. 1390/1400 - 1470/1471

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This painting shows two men standing side by side, both partially turned to the right. The man on the left is reading a book and holding a wooden staff. He has a long white beard and wears a black robe and a red cap. The man on the right has a round, balding head with traces of gray hair above his ear, and his face is gaunt. He wears a brown robe and holds a large circular object with a yellow sun-like shape on a black background, some letters at the center and more words around the rim. Both men have pale skin and dark brown halos around their heads. The background shows tall red and gray rocks, a distant gray building, and a thin tree with dark leaves, all under a blue sky. The painting is framed by a gray arch.
Jacopo Bellini, Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena, 1459, tempera on poplar panel, Anonymous Donor, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.118.1

Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Jacopo Bellini · 1459 · tempera on poplar panel ·  Accession ID  1990.118.1

Bibliography

1908

  • Ricci, Corrado. Iacopo Bellini e i suoi libri di disegni. 2 vols. Florence, 1908.

1915

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1965

  • Schmitt, Ursula Barbara. "Jacopo Bellini." In Dizionario biografico degli italiani. Alberto Maria Ghisalberti. 56+ vols. Rome, 1960-: 7(1965):708-712.

1989

  • Eisler, Colin. The Genius of Jacopo Bellini: The Complete Painting and Drawings. New York, 1989.

1990

  • Degenhart, Bernhard, and Annegritt Schmitt. Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen, 1300-1450. 2 vols. in 14+ parts. Berlin, 1968-: part 2(1990).

1996

  • Lehman-Brockhaus, Ursula. "Jacopo Bellini." In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. 34 vols. New York and London, 1996: 3:647-655.

2003

  • Boskovits, Miklós, and David Alan Brown, et al. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 2003: 88.