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Bartolomeo Veneto ( - ) was active/lived in Italy.
Bartolomeo Veneto was born at the end of the fifteenth century but little is known of his early upbringing and family life.!
Bartolomeo Veneto
Italian painter (active 1502–1531)
Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502–31) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland), and Lombardy.
During his time in Venice, he studied under Gentile Bellini. The little information available about Bartolomeo's life has been derived from his signatures, dates, and inscriptions. His best-known works are portraits or pictures with portrait-like character.
Veneto was a contemporary of Titian, Veronese and other masters of High Renaissance.Bartolomeo's later works, and especially those done on commission in Milan, indicate an influence from the artist Leonardo da Vinci.
Work and style
Bartolomeo’s early works consist of small devotional pictures.
Bartolomeo changed his subject matter to suit his patrons as the interest in portraiture grew in Venice and the Veneto. His portraits became quite popular and in his later life Bartolomeo obtained many commissions in Northern Italy.
Attribution
While forty paintings are generally accepted to be by Bartolomeo, only nine bear insc
