Jean-Antoine Houdon’s six-foot-tall sculpture Diana the Huntress (1776–95) spent much of the past five years in a box while construction workers hammered away nearby.

Giovanni Bellini is the undisputed father of the Venetian ... “I can think of no other artist who absorbed as much from others yet maintained his individuality,” says Neville Rowley, the ...

Plus, it’s oft-repeated lore that the bellini, that staple of bottomless brunch, is named for the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini. The bellini was invented at Harry’s Bar in Venice ...

In this extraordinary masterpiece — one of 12 pictures in “Giovanni Bellini ... a viewer is engaged. Bellini’s artistic mirror creates a powerful bond. But the artist’s particular ...

Writing a book on Giovanni Bellini that is both fresh in its critical appraisal of the artist and insightful in its approach is far from a simple task. Not only is the great 15th-century Venetian ...

This is why revising an artist’s birthdate matters: it reshapes the contours of what was possible within their lifetime. Giovanni Bellini is one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian ...

Each artist left behind their own distinctive mark on the painting, now housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National ...