👨‍🎨26 November 1516. Giovanni Bellini (above his portrait☝️) passes away in his birthplace, Venice. He was one of the first Italian #Renaissance painters, the most important of the #Bellini family, although at the time his father Jacopo and his brother Gentile were more highly regarded: #GiovanniBellini was also brother-in-law of another absolute master 👉 Andrea Mantegna, who married his sister.
He revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His influence on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils #Giorgione and #Tiziano is evident.

Bellini's most famous works are held in international museums; in Venice we can admire his frescoes and paintings in the Churches of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Zaccaria and San Francesco della Vigna.
In the ChatRoom👇 Bellini works in Venice Museums.
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