Bartolomeo Veneto (1502–1555)

• Was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland), and Lombardy.
• During his time in Venice, he studied under Gentile Bellini.
• His best-known works are portraits or pictures with portrait-like character.
• While forty paintings are generally accepted to be by Bartolomeo, only nine bear inscriptions with the artist's name.
• A fourth of the generally accepted works are devotional paintings, which were painted during his early career.
• All of his paintings were done on wood (few were later moved to canvas).
• He appears to have received no public commissions and the majority of his work consists of portraiture.
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