About Paris Bordone

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    Paris Bordone was born in Treviso, Italy in 1500 but moved to Venice as a child. He trained in that city with Titian, remaining in his workshop until around 1516. By the early age of 18 he was already established as an independent master.

    According to Vasari, Bordone’s premature departure from Titian’s workshop accounts for the strained relations between the two artists, to the point where Titian managed to appropriate Bordone’s first commission for the altarpiece of the church of San Niccolò dei Frari in Venice.

    From the outset, Bordone’s work reveals not only the marked influence of Titian but also that of Giorgione and later of Pordenone. Bordone achieved public recognition in 1534 when he won the competition for the Scuo...

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