page_title: San Giobbe Altarpiece
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: San Giobbe Altarpiece / History
caption_attribution_description: San Giobbe Altarpiece
context_page_description: The San Giobbe Altarpiece is a c. 1487 oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
context_section_description: This altpiece is one of the masterworks of Bellini's mature period, and was painted for the second left altar of the church of San Giobbe in Venice. It was probably inspired by the San Cassiano Altarpiece (1475–76) by Antonello da Messina, and absorbed and further developed that work's innovations. Yet, as the dating of Bellini's painting is uncertain, such dependency cannot be proved.
  The work is among Bellini's most famous, a claim made as early as De Urbe Sito (1487–1491), a description of Venice by Marco Antonio Sabellico.
  The depiction of Saints  Sebastian and Job indicates that the painting might be created in connection with the plague probably that of 1487. The dating of the work is disputed, ranging from the early 1470s to the late 1480s.  Jacopo Sansovino wrote in 1581 that the work for San Giobbe was Bellini's first using oil painting, which would imply an earlier date, nearer to Antonello's altarpiece. Yet, many scholars have disputed such claim.
  The altarpiece remained in the church of San Giobbe until 1814–1818.
caption: Detail of the musician angels.
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