Gentile Bellini mk250 Zakaria Church St., Venice, Italy, the year 1505. Wood transferred to canvas painting, about 500.4 x 236.3 cm. Zakaria St. altar painting Italian
c1429-1507
Gentile Bellini Gallery
(b Venice, ?1429; d Venice, 23 Feb 1507). Painter and draughtsman, son of (1) Jacopo Bellini. An official painter of the Venetian Republic, he was a dominant figure in Venetian art for several decades in the latter half of the 15th century, known particularly for portraits and large narrative paintings in which the city and its inhabitants are depicted in great detail.
