BELLINI, Giovanni
(b. ca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia)

San Zaccaria Altarpiece (detail)

1505
Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
San Zaccaria, Venice

Painted in beautiful colours, the saints, lost in thought and wrapped in voluminous robes, are depicted standing quietly around the Madonnas throne. This detail shows St Peter and St Catherine, St Peter with his key and book, St Catherine with the palm of martyrdom and the broken wheel.