Venetian - Cretan School. Circa 1500. "Tree of Jesse." Oil on ...

Venetian - Cretan School. Circa 1500.
"Tree of Jesse."
Oil on panel. 34 x 40 cm.
The Venetian – Cretan School is an important post-Byzantine pictorial School. It began in the island of Crete while it was being governed by the Republic of Venice, between 1204 and 1669. This mixture of Byzantine and Latin styles gave rise to a particular pictorial style.