The artist Vittore Carpaccio was born and grew up in Venice. Little is known about his youth, nor about his education. It is assumed that he was a pupil of Gentile Bellini, but it is also possible that his teacher was only from Bellini's circle. His early works also suggest that he was influenced by older Venetian artists such as Avise Vivarini or Antonello da Messina. He grew up under the Venetian form of his name "Scarpazza". Few of his works were still signed with this name. When he entered the humanist circles in Venice, he changed his name to the one by which he is known today. His family was widely spread and long established in Venice.
The subject of his works were often stories of saints or scenes from the daily life of the Venetians. He is especially famous for the nine-part cycle "Legend of Saint Ursula", which was created in his early years. Even though he is today regarded as an important painter of the early Renaissance, his work hardly found recognition outside Venice. Capriccio's paintings offer some surprises, especially for those who take a closer look at them: In his painting "Death of St. Jerome" there is a picture of a pair of glasses that were still very unknown in his time. Through his paintings, the viewer can gain an insight into the life of the Venetians. Carpaccio shows beside the daily life also the customs and festivities of that time in a detailed way. Again and again he integrates the Turkish wars into his works, sometimes he also deals with them directly, for example in his relief at the Scuola degli Albanesi, in which he depicts the two sieges of Shkodra. These and other details of his art suggest that he was informed, well-read and educated about current developments.
His characteristic colour palette, which focuses mainly on shades of red, loses intensity and clarity towards the end of his life. This is mainly attributed to the growing workload of his workshop assistants. In his late work he also worked frequently with his sons Benedetto and Piero. His late work also includes works outside of Venice, he worked for churches in Dalmatia and Istria. He spent the last years of his life in the Venetian town of Capodistria, where he also died.
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.jpg "St. Jerome and Lion in the Monastery, 1501-09 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "St. George Killing the Dragon, 1502-07 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Saint Augustine in His Office or The Vision of Saint Augustine by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Saint George Fighting the Dragon by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Virgin Reading by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "(detail) The Burial of St. Jerome by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Meeting of Etherius and Ursula and the Departure of the Pilgrims, from the St. Ursula Cycle, originally in the Scuola di Sant")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross at Rialto Bridge in Venice (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross: (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Legend of st Ursula: detail arrival of the Ambassadors by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross on the Rialto Bridge by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Meeting and Departure of the Betrothed, from the St. Ursula Cycle (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_15071508_-_(MeisterDrucke-1554420).jpg "Study of Two Kneeling Clerics (recto) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Meeting of Joachim and Anna with Saint Louis IX and Saint Libera by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Miracle of the Holy Cross at the Ponte di Rialto (c. 1496) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross on the Rialto Bridge (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula: The Dream of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Departure of the English Ambassadors by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_Third_episode_the_return_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-951694).jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula: the Return of the Ambassadors to the King of England (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion and the Glorification of the Ten Thousand Martyrs on Mount Ararat by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662816).jpg "The Flight into Egypt, c.1515 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Detail of St. Jerome Taming the Lion, c.1501-09 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Mark and Saint Louis of Toulouse by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Saint Augustine")
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.jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula: The Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and the Funeral of St. Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Arrival of St. Ursula during the Siege of Cologne, from the St. Ursula Cycle by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula, Fourth Episode: The Meeting of the Engaged and the Departure on Pilgrimage by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Legend of St. Ursula: Martyrdom and Funeral of St. Ursula, 1493 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Pilgrims Meet Pope Cyriac before the Walls of Rome, from the St. Ursula Cycle, 1498 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Lamentation, with the Madonna and Saints Joseph of Arimathea and John the Evangelist by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1632059).jpg "The Flight into Egypt, c.1515 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Glorification of St. Ursula and Her Companions by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Dream of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Story of St. Ursula, the Repatriation of the English Ambassadors by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and the Funeral of St. Ursula, from the St. Ursula Cycle by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross at Rialto Bridge in Venice (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Arrival of Saint Ursula in Cologne During the Siege by the Huns The Legend of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Studies for an Annunciation; for the Martyrdom of St. Agatha; for a Mourning Madonna by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Legend of Saint Ursula: the arrival of the pilgrims in Cologne by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Turks, one of them is on horseback by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002725).jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula: The Apotheosis of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_16th_century_Sun_-_(MeisterDrucke-946301).jpg "The Holy Conversation by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1666476).jpg "The Departure of the English Ambassadors, circa 1495 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child, c. 1505-1510 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Painting Cycle on the Legend of St. Ursula, Scene by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Two Venetian Ladies panel (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Studies of a Seated Youth in Armor by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662778).jpg "The Virgin Reading, circa 1505-1510 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Gondoliers on the Grand Canal (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child Enthroned with Five Angels by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Saint Stephen before the High Priest and Elders of the Sanhedrin by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The English Prince Conan Taking Leave of His Father by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1501811).jpg "Madonna & Child with the Two Female Saints by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662776).jpg "Portrait of a Woman, Before 1500 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "St. Ursula taking leave of her father, c.1500 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Triumph of St. George, 1501-7 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Twelve Heads, Mostly Men with Beards, Some Wearing Turbans by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Two Venetian Ladies and Hunting in the Lagoon by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Madonna with Child and Young John the Baptist by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple c.1500-20 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross at Rialto Bridge in Venice (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross at Rialto Bridge in Venice (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663029).jpg "The Virgin Reading, c.1505 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "St. George Killing the Dragon (detail), c.1502-07 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Birth of the Virgin by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Arrival of the English Ambassadors at the Court of the King of Brittany, 1495-1500 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Stoning of Saint Stephen, Cycle of Saint Stephen by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Preparation of Christ")
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.jpg "Painting Cycle of the Chapel of the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni by Vittore Carpaccio")
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