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The San Giobbe Altarpiece is a Venetian Renaissance painting completed by Giovanni Bellini in the 1480s. It was made to be used as an altarpiece in the church of San Giobbe in Venice, located on the Cannaregio Canal, but it is now located in Venice's Gallerie dell'Accademia. The 471 cm x 258 cm oil on canvas depicts a Sacra Conversazione painting, a traditional genre of Renaissance altarpieces.
The rebuilding of San Giobbe Church was commissioned by Doge Cristoforo Moro in 1443. Many architects worked on the church, the most involved being Pietro Lombardo. San Giobbe church was one of the first buildings in Venice to have a persistent Renaissance style.
The San Giobbe Altarpiece marks a shift in altarpiece formats in Venice. Bellini merges together elements from the Florentine Renaissance and the traditional Venetian Gothic style. Many structural elements mirror those of Venetian architecture, however, the use of perspective and naturalism is derived from the emerging Renaissance style.