Leonardo, 1452-1519; Michel Angelo, 1475-1564; Giorgione, 1477-1510; Raphael, 1483-1520; Correggio, 1494-1534. Correggio, Raphael, and Giorgione died at the ages of forty, thirty-seven, and thirty-three years respectively. Those whom the gods love die young!
Berenson: Venetian Painters, p. 29. I should prefer to substitute "ripening" for "ripened."
Fry: Giovanni Bellini, p. 44.
In S. Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice. It dates from 1513.