He initially trained with
Andrea da Murano, and his works show the influence of
Gentile da Fabriano. The earliest known date of a picture of his, an altar-piece in the
Accademia is 1440; the latest, in the
Vatican Museums, 1464, but he appears to have been alive in 1470. The works of Antonio are well drawn for their epoch, with a certain noticeable degree of softness, and with good flesh and other tints. He was probably influenced by
Mantegna, and worked with him in the
Ovetari Chapel in 1450–51. It is sometimes difficult to assign authorship for works from the Vivarini studio. Three of his principal paintings are the
Enthroned Madonna Virgin with the Four Doctors of the Church, the
Coronation of the Virgin and
Saints Peter and Jerome. The first two (in which Giovanni participated) are in the Venetian academy, the third in the
National Gallery, London. ==References==