Giorgione Biography

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NAME: Giorgione
OCCUPATION: Painter
BIRTH DATE: c. 1477
DEATH DATE: c. 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH: Venice, Italy

PLACE OF DEATH: Venice, Italy
AKA: Giorgio da Castelfranco
AKA: Zorzi da Castelfranco

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Venetian artist Giorgione was one of the most respected painters of the early Italian Renaissance. His most famous work is The Tempest.

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Born in Venice in 1477 or 1478, Giorgione was one of the most respected painters of the early Renaissance. His most famous work, The Tempest (1505), became one of the most influential landscapes in Western painting. Giorgione's art is often praised for its poetic qualities.