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Alvise Vivarini

Alvise Vivarini (Venice, ca. 1445 - ca. 1504) was a Venetian painter. He came from a family of artists whose works can be found in Venice dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. He was the son of Antonio Vivarini (ca. 1415 - 1480), considered the founder of the so-called Murano school, and nephew of Bartolomeo Vivarini, with whom he most likely completed his apprenticeship. Alvise's most important commission was the decoration of the Hall of the Great Council in the Doge's Palace, considered the main work of the Murano school and which was destroyed by fire in 1577. The style of the master's early paintings bears some resemblance to those of his uncle and Andrea Mantegna. From 1480 onwards, Alvise's works became more delicate and the forms softer. In this period he took Giovanni Bellini as his artistic model.

Works by Alvise Vivarini in Venice