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(4) Marco Vecellio
(b Pieve di Cadore, 1545; d Venice, 1611). Painter, relative of (3) Cesare Vecellio. He too was distantly related to Titian and worked in his shop in Venice. He gained Titian’s respect and permission to use the denomination ‘di Tiziano’ with which he signed his numerous works after Titian’s death in 1576. In 1566, using cartoons by Titian, he collaborated with Girolamo Denti and Emanuele d’Augusta on the frescoes of the Life of the Virgin and Christ (destr.) in the arch-diaconal church of Pieve di Cadore. Until c. 1600 he was active chiefly in Cadore and the Veneto, producing repetitive works in dull, monotonous colours in a debased version of Titian’s style. It is unlikely, therefore, that he painted the colourful and lively polyptych at SS Addolorata, Pieve di Zoldo, which has been attributed to him. He was on good terms with Doge Leonardo Donà (reg 1606–12), and in the early 17th century he executed many works in important Venetian churches (e.g. the Annunciation, S Giacomo a Rialto), and the votive painting of Doge Donà (S Giovanni Elemosinaro). For the Doge’s Palace, Venice, he painted vast canvases including Pope Clement VII and the Emperor Charles V in the Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci, the Masters of the Mint in the Sala del Senato, the Virgin and Child with St Mark and Doge Donà in the Sala della Bussola, and the Naval Battle at Cape Maleo in the Sala dello Scrutinio. He also executed a series of portraits of members of the Querini family (Venice, Fond. Querini-Stampalia).
Part of the Vecellio family
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