Lazzaro bastiani biography
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By Alexis Culotta
Painter Lazzaro Bastiani died on 5 April Born in Padua in , Bastiani and his early training are both little understood.
His fascination with classical forms, though, has led some to suggest the impact of Andrea Mantegna on Bastiani’s emerging style. Bastiani migrated to Venice in the late s and soon after became associated with the artists of the Bellini family.
Lazzaro bastiani biography
Documented work alongside Giovanni Bellini dates to the early s, and in Bastiani collaborated with brother Gentile Bellini for the Scuola Grande di San Marco.
By that point, though, Bastiani’s prestige as an artist was already established.
Honored with membership within the Scuola di San Girolamo around , Bastiani was also called upon to paint the likeness of Venetian Doge Francesco Foscari (seen above) around the same time. Later, in , he was involved in the valuation of the extended fresco cycle created by Giorgione (now lost) for Venice’s Fondaco dei Tedeschi