Procession in St. Mark's Square [SEP] creator
Procession in St. Mark's Square
The Procession in St. Mark's Square (Italian: "Processione in piazza San Marco") is a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Gentile Bellini, dating from 1496. It is now housed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
History.
The painting was commissioned for the Grand Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, the seat of the eponymous brotherhood in Venice. The commission included a total of nine large canvasses, by prominent artists of the time such as Bellini,
- "Procession in St. Mark's Square" (1496)
- "Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of S. Lorenzo" (1500)
- "Miracle of the Reliquary of the Cross" (1500)
- "St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria" (1504–1507)
- "Man with a Pair of Dividers"
- "St. Dominic"
- "Mehmet the Conqueror"
- "Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus"
References.
- Hartt, Frederick,