Carpaccio's first retrospective outside Italy

Vittore Carpaccio is considered one of the leading Renaissance painters. He succeeded in depicting legends of the saints in a true-to-life manner through spectacular narratives. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is assembling some 45 paintings and 30 drawings from various museums as well as from its own holdings for the major Carpaccio exhibition. Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice is the first retrospective of the artist to be held outside his native Italy. Those interested can visit it from 20 November to 12 February.

Carpaccio (circa 1465-1525/26) came from Venice and was already a respected painter during his lifetime. His paintings, enriched with numerous symbols, testify to a high level of education. Carpaccio is known above all for particularly bright red and white tones, which have a strong recognition value. He kept his later work increasingly cool and, in terms of the inventiveness of the figures, also more monotonous. This is probably due to the fact that Carpaccios participated less himself with increasing success − he had a large number of assistants at his disposal, as was usual for successful Renaissance artists.