(b. ca. 1542, Vicenza, d. ca. 1617, Venezia)

Crusaders Conquer the City of Zara 1580s Oil on canvas Palazzo Ducale, Venice

The battle scenes and allegories on the ceiling of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio (Hall of the Great Council) in the Palazzo Ducale were commissioned by the spring of 1578, after the disastrous fire of 1577. The decoration of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio and the Sala dello Scrutinio, not completed until the early seventeenth century, provided the opportunity for many of the new generation to make a name for themselves. Andrea Vicentino belonged to this generation born in the mid-sixteenth century.

The Crusaders Conquer the City of Zara is in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio.

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Author: VICENTINO, Andrea Title: Crusaders Conquer the City of Zara Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting