Vittore CarpaccioItalian, 1465–1526La Prédication de saint Étienne
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The Sermon of Saint Stephen is an oil-on-canvas painting by Italian artist Vittore Carpaccio, done in 1514. The painting is from the Venetian Renaissance and depicts the first Christian martyr, St. Stephen, giving a sermon. It is now in the Louvre in Paris.
Particulars
- Accession number
- INV 181
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2016 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Adrien Didierjean
Meanwhile, in the life of Vittore Carpaccio
The whole life1500
Son born: Benedetto Carpaccio
c. 1501 – 1507
Paints with Giovanni Bellini in the Doge's Palace
Together with Giovanni Bellini, Carpaccio worked in the Hall of the Great Council in the Doge's Palace; like many other major works, the cycle was entirely lost in the fire of 1577.
1508
Assesses Giorgione's frescoes on the Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Carpaccio joined a committee set up to assess Giorgione's frescoes on the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the trading post of the German merchants in Venice.
c. 1510
Contemporaries find his style old-fashioned
By now Carpaccio's manner was seen as too conservative, and success passed to the innovators of the younger generation — Titian, Giorgione and Lorenzo Lotto. After 1510 he worked mainly for individual Venetian patrons and provincial clients, sending altarpieces to cities across the country.
mid-1510s
The workshop grows as the master's powers wane
Carpaccio's workshop turned out many works, but his late paintings show a clear decline in creative power, and his old manner was seen as an anachronism. He relied more and more on his sons Pietro and Benedetto, his principal pupils; Marco Marziale was also among his pupils.
1526
Died
