Benedetto Montagna

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Benedetto Cincani known as Benedetto Montagna (* around 1481 in Vicenza ; † before 1558 there) was an Italian painter and engraver .

life and work

Around 1500 he learned in the workshop of his father Bartolomeo Montagna , which he took over in 1523. At the beginning of his career he probably occupied himself with copperplate engraving , his early prints show the influences of Dürer and some of his copperplate engravings could be close to Dürer's stay in Italy 1506–1507, have arisen.

In the 19th century, 47 sheets of his copperplate engravings were in the Cathedral of Vicenza, together with paintings on the subject of the Trinity and the Madonna with John .

In addition to paintings and copperplate engravings, Benedetto Montagna made woodcuts for printing. A woodcut titled Hypnorotomachia Poliphili can be found in a work from Venice from 1545.

literature

  • General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes. Conversations Lexicon. 10th edition, Leipzig 1853 (FA Brockhaus).
  • Lucio Grossato:  Cincani, Benedetto. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 25:  Chinzer – Cirni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1981.
  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Ed.): Ars Nova. Early copper engravings from Italy. Petersberg 2013 (Michael Imhof Verlag), ISBN 978-3-86568-914-6 .

Web links

Commons : Benedetto Montagna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lucio Grossato:  Benedetto Montagna. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
personal data
SURNAME Montagna, Benedetto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cincani, Benedetto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and engraver, son of Bartolomeo Montagna
DATE OF BIRTH around 1481
PLACE OF BIRTH Vicenza
DATE OF DEATH before 1558