Jacopo da Montagnana, also known as Jacopo Parisato (c. 1440 to 1443 in

Montagnana Montagnana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Padova, in Veneto (northern Italy). Neighbouring communes are Borgo Veneto, Casale di Scodosia, Urbana, Bevilacqua, Pojana Maggiore, Pressana, Minerbe and Roveredo di Guà. , the popula ...

– 20 April and 14 Agusut 1499 in

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

) was an Italian painter of the early

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

who was mainly active in the Padua area.John G. Bernasconi. "Jacopo da Montagnana." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 10 May 2017

Life

He was born in

, but mainly active in

where he died. He was either a pupil or influenced by

Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in orde ...

and/ or

Gentile Bellini Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giovan ...

. He is considered a major

Quattrocento The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1400 to 1499 are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento (, , ) from the Italian word for the number 400, in turn from , which is Italian for the year 1400. The Quattrocento encom ...

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. Also contemporary in Padua at that time was Pietro Calzetta and Francesco BazelieriReview of ''Jacopo da Montagnana e la pittura padovana del secondo Quattrocento'', curated by Alberta De Nicolò Salmazo and Giuliana Ericani, Padova, Il Poligrafo, 2002.

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1440s births 1499 deaths Quattrocento painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Padua People from Montagnana {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub