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					Giorgione: The uncertainty of genius


« Back		The Italian painter died 500 years ago in 1510. Like much in Giorgione's life, the exact details of his death are unknown. We look at what we know of his life and work. Click on any image to order a high-res scan!



1IT-1130-C1-B Engraving, 1752, after an alleged self-portrait akg-images		2-M120-V1-1508-B Venus Resting, begun 1508 (completed by Titian after Giorgione's death) akg-images / Erich Lessing






5IT-V1-A1490-1 View of St Mark's Square, Venice, during Giorgione's lifetime akg-images / Erich Lessing		1IT-1213-H1511 A relief of Giovanni Bellini, possibly Giorgione's teacher akg-images / Erich Lessing






3IT-G1-A1-D The Tempest, circa 1505, with its unclear meaning and very early use of landscape akg-images / Electa		1IT-151-K1-1506 Laura, 1506 akg-images / Erich Lessing






2-R42-X6-1504-B Altar of Castelfranco, circa 1504 akg-images / Cameraphoto		2-G58-A2-1510-1 Noble and Squire, possibly by Giorgione, also attributed to Cavazzola, circa 1510 akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie






2-G58-K1-1495-1 Youth with Helmet (Francesco Maria della Rovere?), circa 1495 or 1502 akg-images / Electa		2-L13-A1-1502-1 A landscape section from Moses' Trial by Fire, 1502, possibly from the studio of Giorgione akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie






2-M65-A1-1500-1 Detail from a frieze showing the attributes of war, by someone in the circle of Giorgione, 1500/1505 akg-images / Joseph Martin		2-R41-Z35-1503 Judith, circa 1503 akg-images






2-R42-M370-1495 Mary Magdalene, circa 1495 akg-images / Electa		2-R41-H10-1502-1 A section of Moses' Trial by Fire, 1502, by Giorgione's studio akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie






2-P40-A1-1508-1 A detail from The Three Philosophers, circa 1508, by Giorgione (or Titian or Sebastiano del Piombo) akg-images / Erich Lessing		2-M180-A2-1502-1 Double portrait of two young men, circa 1502 akg-images / Pirozzi






2-M145-A2-1508-1 La vecchia, circa 1508 akg-images / Cameraphoto		2-M120-A5-1508 Youth with an Arrow (Eros), circa 1508 akg-images / Erich Lessing






2-R42-Y3-1522 Giorgione's legacy: A fresco by Lorenzo Luzzo, called Morto da Feltre, influenced by Giorgione, 1522 akg-images / Electa		1IT-641-A1566 What little we know of Giorgione comes from this man, Giorgio Vasari, whose Lives is not always reliable, especially as he was born a year after Giorgione's death! This self-portrait dates circa 1566 akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie