Head of the Redeemer is a 33×22 cm oil-on-panel painting of the head of Christ by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, dating to 1500–1502 and now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.[1] It is a fragment of a larger scene of the Transfiguration; another fragment from the same work bears a scroll with the signature IOANNES BELLINUS ME PINXIT ("Giovanni Bellini painted me").
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| Artist | Giovanni Bellini |
| Year | 1500–1502 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 33 cm × 22 cm (13 in × 8.7 in) |
| Location | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
| Website | WGA entry |