Marco Vecellio (1545–1611) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was also called Marco di Tiziano, since he was

Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...

's nephew. He was born and active mainly in

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. He accompanied his distinguished uncle in the journeys to

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and Germany. He was the favorite pupil of Titian, and approached nearer to his style than any other member of the family. There are several pictures by him in the

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, among the best an allegory in the ante-chamber to the Sala del Gran Consiglio. Another good example is a picture in the Sala della Bussola, ''Doge

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before the Virgin and Infant Christ''. He also painted for churches at Venice,

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, and in the

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, among other things a ''Christ fulminating the world'', and ''The Virgin on Earth Sending the Two Founders Dominic and Francis'' for the church of San Zaniopolo, at Venice. He left some able productions in the ducal palace, the Meeting of Charles V. and Clement VII. in 1529; in S. Giacomo di Rialto, an Annunciation; in SS. Giovani e Paolo, Christ Fulminant. A son of Marco, named Tiziano (or Tizianello), painted early in the 17th century. File:San Giacomo di Rialto - Annunciazione by Marco Vecellio.jpg, ''Annunciation'', altarpiece in the church San Giacomo di Rialto (Venice) File:Interior of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venice) - The Virgin on earth sending the two founders Dominic and Francis (av.1611) by Marco Vecellio.jpg, ''The Virgin on earth sending the two founders Dominic and Francis'', interior of

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