The ''Montini Altarpiece'' (Italian: ''Pala Montini'') is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Cima da Conegliano, dating from around 1506-1507 and housed in the

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of Parma, Italy. The work adopts the same scheme of several altarpieces by

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...

, such as the ''

San Giobbe Altarpiece The ''San Giobbe Altarpiece'' (Italian: ''Pala di San Giobbe'') is a c. 1487 oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. Inspired by a plague outbreak in 1485, this sacra conversazione painting is unique in that it was designed ...

''. It was originally executed for the Parma Cathedral. It shows the Virgin Mary on a high throne in a mosaic-decorated apse, while offering a hand towards the bowing

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. A bearded Saint John the Baptist, in a sleeveless vest, is portrayed on the left. On the right, the Christ Child is blessing Saint Apollonia (whose attribute of the pincer with tooth is in the plinth before her), Saint Catherine of Alexandria (with her attribute, the broken wheel), and Saint John the Evangelist (with a book). An angel sits at the foot of the throne in the centre foreground and holds a stringed musical instrument.

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