San Giobbe Altarpiece
Giovanni Bellini · 1487
The story
The San Giobbe Altarpiece (Italian: Pala di San Giobbe) is a c. 1487 altarpiece in oils on panel by the Venetian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini. Inspired by a plague outbreak in 1485, this sacra conversazione painting is unique in that it was designed in situ with the surrounding architecture of the church (a first for Bellini), and was one of the largest sacra conversazione paintings at the time. Although it was originally located in the Church of San Giobbe, Venice, it is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice after having been stolen by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Artist
- Giovanni Bellini
- Date
- 1487
- Collection
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
- Movement
- Early Renaissance, Italian Renaissance painting
- Medium
- oil paint, panel
- Size
- 258 × 471 cm
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