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.