Marco Basaiti

Marco Basaiti ( – 1530) was a Venetian painter of the Renaissance who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano. He has been referred to by several names including Marco Baxaiti, Marcus Basitus, and Marcus Baxiti. (Vasari believed that Marco Basarini and Marco Basaiti were two artists, but later information reveals that these two were in fact the same painter.) There is little documentation on Marco Basaiti besides his painting signatures and a guild's ledger of 1530 that records him as a painter of figures. There is no known painting attributed to Marco Basaiti with a mythological theme. in either Venice or Friuli. His family was of either of Albanian or possibly Greek origin, as Vasari reported. In either case this explains the variety of names Basaiti is known by because the Greek and Albanian communities, and other foreign communities, for the most part kept to themselves and do not often appear on Venetian records. A will dated 1526 may provide evidence of his family, but the connection between Basaiti and this will is debated.

Basaiti was influenced by a variety of great artists that lived during this era. For example, he began to incorporate more extensive landscapes into his backgrounds, taking inspiration from Giovanni Bellini. National Gallery London Oil on panel 1496–1505 The Virgin and Child National Gallery London Oil on panel 1500 Portrait of a Gentleman RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island Oil on panel 1500 Saint Catherine of Alexandria Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest Oil on panel 1500–1501 Virgin and Child with Saint James the Great Philadelphia Museum of Art Oil on panel 1500–1505 Portrait of Doge Agostino Barbarigo Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest Oil on panel 1500–1510 Madonna and Child with Saint Chiara and Saint Francis Academia Carrara Oil on panel 1500–1510 Portrait of a Man in a Cap Museo Correr, Venice Tempera on panel 1501–1502 Madonna and Child with a Donor Location unknown Tempera on panel 1503 Altarpiece of Saint Ambrose Frari Basilica Oil on panel 1505 Portrait of a Young Man Private collection Oil on panel 1508 The Deposition Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Oil on panel 1508 Virgin and Child with Saints Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Tempera on panel 1510 The Call of the Sons of Zebedee Galleria dell Accademia, Venice Oil on panel 1510 Dead Christ Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest Oil on panel 1510 Madonna and Child Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Georgia Oil on panel 1510–1516 Christ Praying in the Garden (Agony in the Garden) Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice Oil on panel 1515–1516 Portrait of a Gentleman with a Cap Academia Carrara Oil on panel 1517 Blessed Redeemer Academia Carrara Oil on panel 1518–1519 Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Liberalis Muzeum Palacu Krola Jana III w Wilanowie, Warsaw Oil on panel 1520 Madonna Adoring the Child National Gallery of Art, Washington Oil on panel 1520 The Resurrection of Christ Accademia Carrara Oil on canvas 1521 Portrait of a Gentleman in Black Academia Carrara Oil on panel 1527 The Lamentation The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Oil on canvas No date given on website Head of the Virgin Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford Oil on panel No date The Lamentation of Dead Christ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oil on panel No date Saint Peter Enthroned with Four Saints San Pietro di Castello Oil on canvas No date Saint Sebastian Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Oil on canvas No date San Girolamo Museo Correr, Venice Oil on panel No date Dead Christ between Two Angels Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice Oil on panel No Date Penitent Saint Jerome Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg Oil on panel

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