Wheel of Affinities — Cardinal Bessarion with the Bessarion Reliquary — Gentile Bellini

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Wheel of Affinities

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Welcome. Every artwork orbiting this wheel shares a thread with “Cardinal Bessarion with the Bessarion Reliquary”. Take your time, follow what catches your eye, and let curiosity carry you from one masterpiece to another.

How to explore

Drag left or right to spin the wheel.
Drag up or down — or scroll — to zoom in and out.
Hover an artwork to reveal its title and affinities; click to open it.

The eight directions: Each spoke is a kind of kinship — period, movement, vibe, topics, keywords, tone and main colour, plus “other” for the freer, more surprising matches.
Distance from the centre: The closer a work sits to the heart of the wheel, the stronger its bond with this painting. Works near the rim are looser, more unexpected echoes — often the most rewarding to discover.

period

movement

vibe

topics

keywords

tone

main color

other

period

Pierre Bladelin Triptych - right panel — Rogier van der Weyden
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and a Saint (detail) — Giovanni Bellini, 1500
Bladelin Triptych (right wing) — Rogier van der Weyden, 1445
Four Allegories: Prudence and Falsehood — Giovanni Bellini, 1490
The Crucifixion — Giovanni Bellini, 1503
Perugia Altarpiece (left panel) — Fra Angelico, 1447

movement

Portrait of a Humanist — Giovanni Bellini, 1475
Madonna and Child — Giovanni Bellini, 1460
Perugia Altarpiece (left panel) — Fra Angelico, 1447
Santa Conversazione — Giovanni Bellini, 1505
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo (detail) — Gentile Bellini, 1500

vibe

Portrait of a Humanist — Giovanni Bellini, 1475
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus — Gentile Bellini, 1500
Perugia Altarpiece (left panel) — Fra Angelico, 1447
Sts Thomas Aquinas and Flavian, Sts Peter the Martyr and Vitus — Lorenzo Lotto, 1508

topics

Fray Pedro Fernández Pecha — Juan de Valdés Leal
Santa Conversazione — Giovanni Bellini, 1505
Portrait of a Young Man — Giovanni Bellini, 1500
Pierre Bladelin Triptych - right panel — Rogier van der Weyden

keywords

Procession in Piazza San Marco (detail) — Gentile Bellini, 1496
Madonna and Child — Giovanni Bellini, 1460
Four Allegories: Prudence and Falsehood — Giovanni Bellini, 1490

tone

Madonna and Child — Giovanni Bellini, 1460

main color

San Francesco — Sebastiano del Piombo
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus — Gentile Bellini, 1500
Portrait of a Humanist — Giovanni Bellini, 1475
The Crucifixion — Giovanni Bellini, 1503
Procession in Piazza San Marco (detail) — Gentile Bellini, 1496
The icon of St. Nicholas with headwater Pinega — vasily vasilevich vereshchagin, 1894
Cardinal Bessarione — joos van wassenhove (giusto da guanto), 1476
Cardinal Bessarione — justus van gent (joos van wassenhove)
Pierre Bladelin Triptych - right panel — Rogier van der Weyden
Bladelin Triptych (right wing) — Rogier van der Weyden, 1445
Bladelin Triptych (right wing) — Goswijn van der Weyden
Visão de São João da Cruz — josefa de óbidos, 1673
Santa Conversazione — Giovanni Bellini, 1505
Fray Pedro Fernández Pecha — Juan de Valdés Leal
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo (detail) — Gentile Bellini, 1500
Perugia Altarpiece (left panel) — Fra Angelico, 1447
Portrait of a Young Man — Giovanni Bellini, 1500
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and a Saint (detail) — Giovanni Bellini, 1500
Madonna and Child — Giovanni Bellini, 1460
Madonna of Red Angels — Giovanni Bellini, 1480

other

St.Anthony of Padua between St. Anthony the Great and St. Nicholas of Tolentino — alessandro bonvicino
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo — Gentile Bellini, 1500