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'''Francesco Vecellio''' (about 1475 – 1560) was a [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] painter of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. He was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter [[Tiziano Vecellio]] ("Titian").
'''Francesco Vecellio''' (c. 1475–1560) was an Italian painter of the early [[Renaissance]], best known as the elder brother of the painter [[Titian]]. In his youth, he was a soldier. As a painter, he was mainly active in 1520-1530s in [[Cadore]]. In 1524, he signed an altarpiece for San Vito in [[Cadore]]. In 1540s, he painted a polyptych at Candide. In late 1540s he painted the organ shutters of ''San Salvatore'' in [[Venice]]. He painted an ''Annunciation'' for San Nicola di Bari, now in the [[Gallerie dell'Accademia]].


Vecellio was born in [[Pieve di Cadore]], in the [[Republic of Venice]], in either 1475 or 1483;{{r|ben}} he was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter [[Tiziano Vecellio]] ("Titian").{{r|trecc}} He was a soldier, and fought in battles at [[Vienna]] and at [[Verona]].{{r|ben}} He then worked as a painter; in 1530 he painted the shutters of the organ of the church of [[San Salvador, Venice|San Salvador]] in [[Venice]].{{r|trecc}} From about 1534 he worked as a [[wood-engraver]].{{r|ben}} He painted an ''Annunciation'' for San Nicola di Bari, now in the [[Gallerie dell'Accademia]], along with ''[[Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy]]'' (Glasgow).{{cn|date=October 2022}}
== In popular culture ==
* Francesco Vecellio debuts in the video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' and appears again in ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)|Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''. In the game, he is featured as an [[Order of Assassins|Assassin]] training under the Master Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. After he retires from the Brotherhood, he takes up the job of a painter, although he would not be as successful as his younger brother Titian.


He died in Pieve di Cadore in 1559 or 1560.{{r|ben}}
==References==

*{{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume = II L-Z| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| page= 639| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London|id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=}}
== References ==
*{{cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| chapter= | editor= Pelican History of Art| others= | pages= 345–346 |publisher=Penguin Books| id= | url= | authorlink= }}
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<ref name=ben>[https://www-oxfordartonline-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00189048?rskey=GSCVFV Vecellio, Francesco or Veccellio]. ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00189048}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>

<ref name=trecc>[https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-vecellio/ Vecèllio, Francesco] (in Italian). ''Enciclopedie online''. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed October 2022.</ref>



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== Further reading ==
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*{{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume = II L-Z| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| page= 639| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers&pg=PA1}}
*{{cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| editor= Pelican History of Art| pages= 345–346 |publisher=Penguin Books}}
* Ettore Merkel, Francesco Vecellio's Organ Door Schutters in San Salvador, in Save Venice, 1995, pp. 22-27
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Resurrection - Church San Salvador Venice
Attributed to Francesco Vecellio, Saint Antonio Searches with Great Interest for the Heart in the Coffin

Francesco Vecellio (about 1475 – 1560) was a Venetian painter of the Italian Renaissance. He was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter Tiziano Vecellio ("Titian").

Vecellio was born in Pieve di Cadore, in the Republic of Venice, in either 1475 or 1483;[1] he was the elder brother and close collaborator of the painter Tiziano Vecellio ("Titian").[2] He was a soldier, and fought in battles at Vienna and at Verona.[1] He then worked as a painter; in 1530 he painted the shutters of the organ of the church of San Salvador in Venice.[2] From about 1534 he worked as a wood-engraver.[1] He painted an Annunciation for San Nicola di Bari, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, along with Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy (Glasgow).[citation needed]

He died in Pieve di Cadore in 1559 or 1560.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Vecellio, Francesco or Veccellio. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00189048. (subscription required).
  2. ^ a b Vecèllio, Francesco (in Italian). Enciclopedie online. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed October 2022.

Further reading[edit]

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 639.
  • Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books. pp. 345–346.
  • Ettore Merkel, Francesco Vecellio's Organ Door Schutters in San Salvador, in Save Venice, 1995, pp. 22-27