The name "Giorgione" signifies "Big George." But it seems to have been also his father's name.
This visitation claimed no less than 20,000 victims.
See Gronau, op. cit. Tradition has been exceptionally busy over Giorgione's affairs. The story goes that he died of grief at being betrayed by his friend and pupil, Morto da Feltre, who had robbed him of his mistress. This is now proved false by the document quoted in the Appendix.