Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice, roughly around 1430.

Commedia dell'arte was initially characterised by the absence of a script with characters endowed with personality, organised instead by mostly stereotypical plots and professional actors playing fixed characters, usually masks.

The painting depicts the 77th doge Andrea Gritti.

Partially unfinished self-portrait by Titian.

Amongst Cadore's earliest achievements are the frescoes on the ground facade of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in 1508-1509. At the same time, Giorgione was working on the façade on the Grand Canal.

According to some, Marco Polo was born on 15 September 1254 in Venice.