The Met holds one of this painter's few mythological scenes, Venus and Cupid.
The Met holds one of this painter's few mythological scenes, Venus and Cupid. He ended his life at the Monastery of Santa Casa at Loreto where, according to Vasari, he was happy and worked on his last works with a trembling hand. This marked the end of a journey that saw him being rejected, first by Julius II during a stint in Rome, and then by Titian's circle on his return home. His successes include The Story of St. Barbara, painted in Bergamo, and The Madonna and Child with St. John and St. Peter, but it was for his portraiture, [*] that always had a sort of strangeness associated with it, for which he is best known. FTP identify this Venetian painter of such works as Portrait of a Young Man and Portrait of Andrea Odoni.
The Met holds one of this painter's few mythological scenes, Venus and Cupid.
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