Giovanni Busi known as Il Cariani (1490-1547)
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Giovanni Busi known as Il Cariani was an Italian painter of the high-Renaissance, active in Venice and the Venetian mainland, including Bergamo, thought to be his native City.
His father, also Giovanni Busi in name, was born in Fiupiano and was appointed a local magistrate for the Venetian authorities. His son, probably born in Bergamo, is known to have lived in Venice starting 1509, and may have trained with either Bellini or Giorgione, and almost certainly was influenced by them.
Though he worked often in Bergamo, he died in Venice in 1547. He was strongly influenced by Palma il Vecchio, but had a provincial love of scenery as scene in his Sacred Conversation with a youthful donor. While working in Bergamo (1517-23), he likely overlapped with Lorenzo Lotto, who worked there from 1513-1525.
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