San Giobbe Altarpiece
by Giovanni BELLINI

This altarpiece representing the Madonna with the Child, Saints and Angels was executed for the church of San Giobbe in Venice, originally over the second altar on the right of the church, completing, in an illusory way, with its own spatiality, the Lombardian architectural plan. When it appeared, it immediately became one of Bellini's most celebrated works. The datation is uncertain, however, it is assumed that this was the first altarpiece by Bellini painted with the new oil technique introduced by Antonello da Messina in Venice in 1475-76.

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San Giobbe Altarpiece
c. 1487
Oil on panel, 471 x 258 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel, width: 67 cm (size of detail)
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


San Giobbe Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1487
Oil on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice



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 |



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