(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.

Part of the Bellini family

• Bellini, Gentile
  • Bellini
  • Bellini: (2) Gentile Bellini, §1: Before 1479
  • Islamic art, §II, 9(iii)(b): Architectural decoration: Painting, c 900–c 1900
  • Islamic art, §VIII, 11(ii): Oil painting: Turkey
  • Italy, §III, 3(i)(e): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Status of the artist
  • Italy, §III, 3(ii): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Regional survey
  • Italy, §III, 3(ii)(b): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Other centres
  • Venice, §V, 3: Scuola Grande di S Marco
  • attributions
    • Costanzo da Ferrara
    • Mocenigo
    • Trichet de Fresne, Raphaël
  • collaboration
    • Bastiani, Lazzaro
    • Bellini: (1) Jacopo Bellini, §II, 2: Problems of collaboration
    • Bellini: (3) Giovanni Bellini, §I, 1: Biography
    • Rizzo, Antonio
  • drawings
    • Bellini: (1) Jacopo Bellini, §I, 2: Drawings
  • groups and movements
    • Orientalism, §1: Introduction
  • methods
    • Canvas, §2: History and use
  • paintings
    • Islamic art, §VI, 4(iii)(a): Carpets and flatweaves, c 1450–c 1700: Anatolia
    • Organ shutters, §2: Imagery
    • Venice, §II, 3(i): Art life and organization, 1454–1599: Painting
    • frescoes
      • Italy, §III, 3(i)(d): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Subject-matter & patronage
    • portraits
      • Bellini: (2) Gentile Bellini, §2: 1479 and after
      • Bessarion, Cardinal
    • topographical views
      • Topography, §2(i): Descriptive art, before c 1650
      • Urban life, §1: Before 1800
      • Venice, §IV, 1(iii)(c): S Marco: Mosaics in the narthex and façade
      • Venice, §V, 2: Scuola Grande di S Giovanni Evangelista
    • townscapes
      • Diana, Benedetto
  • patrons and collectors
    • Barbarigo
    • Ottoman, §II: (1) Mehmed II
    • Santacroce, Girolamo da
  • pulpits
    • Venice, §II, 3(ii): Art life and organization, 1454–1599: Sculpture
  • pupils
    • Bartolomeo Veneto
    • Carpaccio: (1) Vittore Carpaccio, §1: Life and commissions
    • Guindaleri, Pietro
    • Mansueti, Giovanni
    • Marziale, Marco
    • Titian, §I, 1: Training and early work, to 1515