Virgin of Mercy
Between 1409 and 1415, Jacobello is believed to have been commissioned to decorate the Sala del Maggior Consiglio (Hall of the Great Council) in the Doge's Palace, putting him in direct contact with advanced mainland painters such as Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, and Michelino da Besozzo. The influence of Fabriano and Michelino can be seen in Jacobello's previously mentioned 1409 "Polyptych of the Blessed Michelina" and in the later "Virgin of Mercy between Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist" in the Accademia of Venice, likely painted in the mid 1410s. Michelino's influence can be seen in the heavy-limbed infant and areas of raised pastiglia decoration in the "Virgin of Mercy" and additionally in the 1415 "Lion of St Mark (in situ)", specifically in the animal's abstract tail and decorative wings.