CARIANI, GIOVANNI, de' BUST. - Probably born in Venice to a Bergamasque father, he studied in that city, where he was living in 1509 and where he is found again in 1547. In his paintings, mingled with elements derived from Giorgione, Palma, and Lotto, there is always a vague recollection of Lombard chromatic taste.
Among his best works may be mentioned the Andata al Calvario in the Ambrosiana, characteristic for the superimposition of new elements upon old ones and for its composition convulsed with movement, and the Madonna col Figlio e santi in the Brera picture gallery, also in Milan. Other paintings by him are found at the Carrara Academy and in private houses in Bergamo (Madonna con donatore, Cristo portacroce e Gruppo Albani); at the Venice Academy (Gentiluomo in pelliccia); and in London, Berlin, and Strasbourg. A Sacra conversazione con la Madonna che cuce, set against the background of a beautiful landscape, is in the Corsiniana, Rome.