Benedetto Montagna

Apollo and Cyparissus, print

Benedetto Montagna (1480 – 1555/1558) was an Italian engraver and painter.[1]

Biography

Montagna was born in Vicenza, the son of the Vicentine painter Bartolomeo Montagna. He engraved primarily mythological and genre works.[2] He was a contemporary of Giovanni Speranza.

References

  1. ↑ National Gallery of Canada, entry.
  2. ↑ An Engraving by Benedetto Montagna by Henry S. Francis, The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art Vol. 32, No. 3 (Mar., 1945), pp. 25-26.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benedetto Montagna.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.