Brief Biography-Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis is known as Pordenone after where he was born. He was generally self-taught as a painter, studying the works of Giorgione. He mainly worked in Northern Italy, and when he went south, he came under the influence of Michelangelo and Mantegna. In his later years, he stayed in Venice, where he became a solid contender to Titian. His works were mainly frescos and portraits. The King of Hungary bestowed a knighthood on him.
He died in Ferrara while on a mission to design tapestries; speculation is that Titian may have poisoned him. According to Giorgio Vasari, the works of Pordenone were far inferior to that of Titian, and there may have been a great deal of jealousy about the honours bestowed on him by the Duke in Ferrara. Some of his most noted works are in the Cathedral of Cremona.