Bonifacio Veronese
Venetian Renaissance painter influenced by Titian
Bonifacio Veronese, birth name: Bonifacio de' Pitati was an Italian Renaissance painter who was active in Venetian Republic. His work had an important influence on the younger generation of painters in Venice, particularly Andrea Schiavone and Jacopo Tintoretto. The artist was born in Verona from which his family moved to Venice around 1505. Here the young artist reputedly trained under Palma il Vecchio. He was initially a close follower of il Vecchio. He ran a large workshop in Venice, which could execute small devotional works as well as large painting projects. His early work also shows his knowledge of Giorgione and Titian He created a large series of narrative paintings for the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi. It took 20 years to complete the project. His style was influenced by that of Giorgione and Titian. From the 1530s the artist introduced some figurative elements of central Italian origin derived mainly from Raphael. During those years he made a fortune in Venice Many cassoni and furniture decorations are attributed to him. He is said to have had a lasting influence on Andrea Schiavone and Tintoretto. He died in Venice.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Palma il Vecchio Master
Influenced
Artworks by this artist (18 total)
- Christ driving the money changers from the Temple
- Holy Family With Saint Elizabeth, The Infant St. John, And Two Shepherds
- Triumph der Fama
- Christ Addressing the People
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- Christ and the adulteress
- Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Fountain of Jacob at Sichar
- Cupid With A Violin In A Landscape
- Joseph Lowered into the Well
- Adoration of the Magi first half of 16 century
- The Holy Family With Saint Dorothy And The Infant John The Baptist, And Tobias With An Angel
- The Adoration of the Shepherds 1540
- Rest On The Flight Into Egypt late 1520s
- Holy Family in a Landscape 1520-30
- The Holy Family surrounded by Saints c. 1530
- The Queen Of Sheba Before Solomon
- The Adoration Of The Shepherds 154
- Madonna and Child with Saints