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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_Tempera_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-971697).jpg "The Lion of Saint Mark, by Vittore Carpaccio 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 "Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899357).jpg "Hunting on the Lagoon by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Virgin Reading by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "(Detail) St. Jerome Taming the Lion, c.1501-09 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross at the Rialto Bridge by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662740).jpg "The Meeting of Ursula and Her Fiance Ereo: Ships and Flags 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-101119).jpg "St. George Killing the Dragon (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Gondoliers on the Grand Canal (detail) 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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_Third_episode_the_return_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-999485).jpg "Cycle of the life of Saint Ursula. Third episode: the return of the Ambassadors to the King of England (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Young Knight in a Landscape by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1500 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 Meeting and Departure of the Betrothed, from the St. Ursula Cycle (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Vision of St. Augustine (detail), c.1502-08 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 "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 Pilgrims are Met by Pope Cyriacus in Front of the Walls of Rome (The Legend of Saint Ursula) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Virgin Reading by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 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 "Meeting of Etherius and Ursula and the Departure of the Pilgrims, from the St. Ursula Cycle, c.1490-96 (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_of_ambassa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1021587).jpg "Cycle of the Life of Saint Ursula, Second Table: Goodbye of Ambassadors by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662779).jpg "The Flight into Egypt, circa 1516-1518 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 "St. Paul by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Return of the Ambassadors (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Meeting at the Golden Gate with Saints, 1515 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 "St. George Baptising the Gentile (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662805).jpg "The Pilgrims Meet Pope Cyriac Before the Walls of Rome by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "(detail) The Burial of St. Jerome by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "St. George Baptising the Gentile by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Wooden Rialto Bridge (detail) 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 "The Meeting of Ursula and Her Fiance Ereo: Departure of the Pilgrims by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Courtesan, c.1526 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Calling of St. Matthew by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Armored Figure on Horseback by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1666469).jpg "Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross in the Campo San Lio, Venice by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022089).jpg "Two Venetian Women 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 "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 "Holy Family with Two Donors, 1505 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Stories of St Ursula, Meeting of Etherius and Ursula and Departure of Pilgrims, Ereo taking leave of his father 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 "Head of a Woman with a Pennant wound round a Pole by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of Saint Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Metamorphosis of Alcyone by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Burial of St. Jerome (detail), c.1507-09 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Consecration of St. Stephen as Deacon 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 "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, Third Episode: The Return of the Ambassadors to the King of England by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane or Prayer in the Garden by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Glorification of St. Ursula and Her Companions by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1454586).jpg "Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Paraceve or Veneranda by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Turks, one of them is on horseback by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Embassy of Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons in Theseus, King of Athens by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion of the Ten Thousand Martyrs on Mount Ararat by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1662778).jpg "The Virgin Reading, circa 1505-1510 by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "The Meeting of Etherius and Ursula and the Departure of the Pilgrims (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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_16th_century_Sun_-_(MeisterDrucke-946301).jpg "The Holy Conversation by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Sacre Conversazione (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady with a Book 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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