Venice and its mainland, from gold to velvet
Venetian Renaissance
Painting in Venice and the towns of its mainland, from altarpieces on gold to the great canvases of Tintoretto and Veronese. Bartolomeo Vivarini’s saint reading against gold, Cima’s three saints in red and green, Catena’s shepherds kneeling at a wooden stable, Moretto’s Christ alone among the animals of the wilderness, Moroni’s Lucrezia Vertova in her white veil, Titian’s Venus reclining while a young man plays the lute, Veronese’s Mars and Venus with Cupid and a horse, and Tintoretto’s Finding of Moses on a green riverbank.
As a puzzle
Rich and warm. The reds, golds and blues of the robes are where to begin, and the gold grounds of the earlier panels fill in quickly. Tintoretto and Veronese crowd their canvases with figures and give a high count something to do; the portraits and the darker canvases, the senator in red and the duke in black, are slower, so keep those moderate.
A good size here: 50–200 pieces.
Subjects here: Sacred ArtPortraitsMyths and Legends
20 pictures, pick one to build
Mars and Venus United by Love Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1570s 
Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490?–1558) Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1557 
Madonna and Child with Saints and Donors Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo 
Madonna and Child with Saints Bonifacio de' Pitati (Bonifacio Veronese) 
Portrait of a Venetian Senator Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio), ca. 1525 
Saint Justina of Padua Bartolomeo Montagna (Bartolomeo Cincani), 1490s 
A Saint (Mark?) Reading Bartolomeo Vivarini, ca. 1470 
Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man Antonio Vivarini, ca. 1450 
Alfonso d'Este (1486–1534), Duke of Ferrara Copy after Titian 
Three Saints: Roch, Anthony Abbot, and Lucy Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima), ca. 1513 
Christ in the Wilderness Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino), ca. 1515–20 
The Adoration of the Shepherds Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio), probably after 1520 
The Flagellation; (reverse) The Madonna of Mercy Girolamo Romanino, ca. 1540 
The Death of the Virgin Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1484 
Saint Jerome Workshop of Antonio Vivarini, 1440s 
The Finding of Moses Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 1560s? 
Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), probably 1577 
Venus and the Lute Player Titian and Workshop, ca. 1565–70 
Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608) Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), ca. 1580 
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Clare Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima), ca. 1510