Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of S. Lorenzo
Gentile Bellini · 1500
Why it's great
A crowd leans from boats and bridges to see a relic of the cross that was dropped in a Venice canal. Gentile Bellini painted it in about 1500, and the buildings are the Venice of his day.
Where to see it
📍 Gallerie dell'AccademiaVenezia-Murano-Burano, Italy
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Gentile Bellini was an Italian painter born in Venice around 1429, the older brother of the painter Giovanni Bellini. He worked for the government of Venice and in 1479 was sent to Constantinople to paint the sultan Mehmed II. He returned to Venice and died there in 1507.
