Jacopo da Montagnana

Jacopo da Montagnana, also known as Jacopo Parisato ( circa 1440 to 1443 – 1499) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance.

Biography

He was born in Montagnana, but mainly active in Padua where he died. He was either a pupil or influenced by Andrea Mantegna and/ or Gentile Bellini. He is considered a major Quattrocento painter in Padua.

He was active in the fresco decoration of the Capella Santa Maria degli Angeli, in the Palazzo Vescovile of Padua, erected in 1495, and frescoed by Jacopo and Prospero da Piazzola.[1] Also contemporary in Padua at that time was Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Bazelieri[2] He painted a "Deposition in the Tomb exhibited in 2014-2015 at the Eremitani.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Museo Diocesano Padova.
  2. ↑ Review of Jacopo da Montagnana e la pittura padovana del secondo Quattrocento, curated by Alberta De Nicolò Salmazo and Giuliana Ericani, Padova, Il Poligrafo, 2002.
  3. ↑ Padova Oggi, entry on exhibition.
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