Matteo di Vittore was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

, active in

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. He was the pupil and assistant of

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 29 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, ...

. He was one of the artists chosen by Bellini to value Giorgione's frescoes in the

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in 1508, and in 1515 worked under his master in the Hall of Council in the

Doge's Palace The Doge's Palace (''Doge'' pronounced ; ; ) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic architecture, Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and th ...

. It seems highly probable that he was identical with Vittore Belliniano.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Renaissance painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub