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

San Zaccaria Altarpiece (detail)

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

The detail shows the central part of the altarpiece. Even the photograph conveys something of the warm and gilded atmosphere which fills the niche in which the Virgin sits enthroned, with the infant Jesus lifting His little hands to bless the worshippers before the altar.