The name is correctly Scarpazza, and was Latinised into Carpathius; many different spellings are recorded. He was probably trained by Lazzaro Bastiani, and certainly influenced by Giovanni Bellini.
There are dates from 1490 to 1495 on pictures of his 'Saint Ursula' series in Venice; other cycles and altarpieces exist, many of them signed and dated. His style evolved very little.
Vittore Carpaccio
active 1490; died 1525/6
Paintings by Vittore Carpaccio
This panel shows the first part of the story of Alcyone and her husband Ceyx from the Metamorphoses, a poem by the Roman writer Ovid. It is continued in another panel, made as its pair (now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art).A boat waits to take Ceyx to the large wooden ship in the distance, upon...
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