Bordone

Bordone, PARIS, a painter of the Venetian school, was born of noble parentage at Treviso in 1500. He studied under Titian, to whom his works are often attributed; and under Giorgione. He worked in his native town, in Vicenza, and in Venice. In 1538 he was invited to France by Francis I., who employed him to paint portraits of himself and of leading members of his court. He was knighted by Francis II. At Augsburg he painted in the Fugger Palace, and at Milan in the chapel of St Jerome; and he died at Venice in 1570. His most important monumental work in painting was the six sacred subjects with which he decorated the dome of San Vicenzo, Treviso; and his 'Fisherman presenting the Ring of St Mark to the Doge,' now in the Academy, Venice, is ranked as masterpiece among his easel pictures. He is represented in the National Gallery, London, by 'Daphnis and Chloe,' and 'A Portrait of a Genoese Lady.'