Barbarigo Altarpiece
by Giovanni BELLINI

The painting representing the Madonna and Child, St Mark, St Augustin and the kneeling Agostino Barbarigo, and musician angels is known as the Barbarigo Altarpiece. It is signed and dated in the centre of the Virgin's throne: "IOANNES BELLINVS 1488". It was commissioned by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, member of an important family of the Venetian aristocracy, who placed the painting in the most prominent position of the main hall in the family palace. Dying in 1501, Agostino left the canvas to the women's monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli at Murano. However, the canvas was soon moved to San Pietro Martire, Murano, to make space for an Annunciation (now lost) commissioned to Titian.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Barbarigo Altarpiece
1488
Oil on canvas, 200 x 320 cm
San Pietro Martire, Murano

1151*770
True Color
173 Kb



Barbarigo Altarpiece (detail)
1488
Oil on canvas
San Pietro Martire, Murano

900*1184
True Color
186 Kb



Barbarigo Altarpiece (detail)
1488
Oil on canvas
San Pietro Martire, Murano

1055*1000
True Color
168 Kb



Barbarigo Altarpiece (detail)
1488
Oil on canvas
San Pietro Martire, Murano

773*1300
True Color
173 Kb




Summary of paintings by Giovanni Bellini
-1459 | 1460-69 | 1470-79 | 1480-89 | 1490-99 | 1500-09 | 1510-
Altarpieces
Vincenzo Ferreri | Pesaro | Giobbe | Frari | Barbarigo | Zaccaria
Subjects
| Madonna and Child | Christ | Portrait |