Bartolomeo Montagna was an Italian Renaissance painter who mainly worked in Vicenza. He also produced works in Venice, Verona, and Padua. He is most famous for his many Madonnas and his works are known for their soft figures and depiction of eccentric marble architecture. He is considered to be heavily influenced by Giovanni Bellini, in whose workshop he might have worked around 1470. Benedetto Montagna, a productive engraver, was his son and pupil and active until about 1540. He was mentioned in Vasari's Lives as a student of Andrea Mantegna but this is widely contested by art historians.
Relief of Bartolomeo Montagna on the Palazzo Thiene in Vicenza
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints from San Michele (c. 1497-1499)
The Virgin and Child with a Saint (c. 1483) - Showing Montagna's signature positioning of the Virgin's Hand
Example of a late work of Montagna, Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph (c. 1520, tempera/canvas)
Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Venice and 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Milan.
Clockwise from top: Villa La Rotonda; the classical temple in the Parco Querini; Piazza dei Signori; the Renaissance Basilica Palladiana; and a panorama of the city from the Monte Berico
Piazza dei Signori
Panoramic view from Monte Berico
Basilica Palladiana
