Francesco Vecellio
Francesco Vecellio (c. 1485 - 1560) was an Italian painter and a member of the Assassins' Order.
Biography
Early life
Francesco Vecellio was born around 1485. He was trained to be an Assassin at an early age. He received his first high notoriety mission in 1510, which was killing Niccolò di Pitigliano and freeing the population of Lonigo from Pitigliano's rule. After learning what he had to know about his target and slowly destroying his influence over Lonigo, Francesco assassinated Pitigliano.[1]
Painting career
Alongside his Assassin life, Francesco pursued a painting career during the 1520's to 1530's in Cadore, but he would never become as succesfull as his younger brother Tiziano Vecellio. In 1524, he signed an altarpiece for San Vito in Cadore. During the 1540's, he painted a polyptych in Candide. In the late 1540s, he painted the organ shutters of San Salvatore in Venice. He painted an Annunciation for San Nicola di Bari, now in the Accademia.
He died in 1560.