Vincenzo Catena
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Vincenzo Catena was an Italian painter of the Renaissance
Venetian school
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He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. His name is known from an inscription on the back of Giorgione
's painting of Laura
. Little else is known about the life of the painter.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
Venetian school
Venetian School
In music history, the Venetian School is a term used to describe the composers working in Venice from about 1550 to around 1610; it also describes the music they produced. The Venetian polychoral compositions of the late 16th century were among the most famous musical events in Europe, and their...
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He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. His name is known from an inscription on the back of Giorgione
Giorgione
Giorgione was a Venetian painter of the High Renaissance in Venice, whose career was cut off by his death at a little over thirty. Giorgione is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving paintings are acknowledged for certain to be his work...
's painting of Laura
Laura (Giorgione)
Laura, formerly sometimes known as Portrait of a Young Bride is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione, c. 1506. It is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria.Like Giorgione's other works, it is unsigned...
. Little else is known about the life of the painter.