Gentile Bellini Italian painter
famous for his narrative works in the scuole
(confraternities) of Venice, e.g. the Procession
of the Relic of the Cross in the Piazza of San
Marco (1496), and for his portraits. He was
chosen to paint the Sultan Mohammed II in
Constantinople (c. 1480). In his works austere
draughtsmanship and architectural composition
are combined with rich colouring.
