Vincenzo Catena
1470–1531

Selected artwork
Portrait of a Venetian Senator
ca. 1525
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other names (5)
Catena, Vicenzo Catena, Vincenzo Cattena, Vincenzo di Biagio, Vincenzo di Biagio Catena
Biography
Vincenzo Catena (c. 1480–1531) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school. He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio.
Nothing is known of the date and place of Catena's birth. The earliest known record of him is in an inscription on the back of Giorgione's Laura, in which he is described as the painter's Cholego. Catena's early style is however, much closer to that of Giovanni Bellini than the innovative work of Giorgione, and it was not until a few years after Giorgione's death in 1510 that his influence began to show itself in Catena's output.
There are about a dozen signed paintings by Catena in existence, although only one of these, the Martyrdom of St Christina (1520) in the church of Santa Maria Mater Domini in Venice, can be dated with any certainty, from an inscription on its marble surround.
Catena's wills indicate that he was a man of some wealth, and that he had friends in Venetian humanist circles.
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Documented holdings of works attributed to Vincenzo Catena. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Accademia Carrara2 recorded works
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional del Prado1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
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- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Painter cultural affiliation distinguished from recorded birthplace
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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