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| Alvise Vivarini Portrait of a Patrician 1497 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
"Alvise Vivarini, the son of Antonio and the nephew of Bartolomeo Vivarini, was born sometime between 1442 and 1453, according to documentary evidence, and was trained in the family workshop. . . . Familiar Vivarini studio types, compositional formulas, and iconographic elements recur often in Alvise's work. From the beginning, however, Alvise was also responsive to the innovations of Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, and Antonello da Messina. The latter's influence was particularly strong, and Alvise is consequently considered to be the leading Venetian exponent of Antonellism, manifested primarily in an insistence on simplified, very plastic forms set in clearly defined spaces. . . . Alvise's critical reputation has risen and fallen dramatically during the past century. Bernard Berenson, in Lorenzo Lotto (1895), identified him as Lotto's master and a leading force in the Venetian Renaissance. But he later recanted, suggesting instead that the quality of Alvise's work declined through most of his career and that all his late works were studio projects. This dismissive treatment of Alvise largely persisted until studies by Pallucchini and Steer restored a more balanced view of his achievement."
– from biographical notes at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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| Jacometto Veneziano Portrait of a Novice ca. 1490 oil on panel Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Jacometto Veneziano Portrait of Alvise Contarini ca. 1485-95 oil on panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Vittore Carpaccio Portrait of a Woman ca. 1495 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Giovanni Buonconsiglio (il Marescalco) Virgin and Child 1497 oil on panel Palazzo Pretorio, Prato |
Giovanni Buonconsiglio (il Marescalco) – Italian painter from Vicenza, influenced by Bartolomeo Montagna and Giovanni Bellini. He worked in Venice from ca. 1495.
– Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000)
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| Bartolomeo Montagna Virgin and Child ca. 1490 oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Bartolomeo Montagna (ca. 1450-1523) – North Italian painter, born near Brescia and trained in Venice. His austerely geometric and powerful style was influenced by Antonello da Messina.
– Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000)
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| workshop of Bartolomeo Montagna Virgin and Child with Saint ca. 1483 oil on panel Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Bartolomeo Montagna Noli me tangere with St John the Baptist and St Jerome ca. 1492 oil on panel Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Bartolomeo Montagna St Blaise and another Saint (altarpiece fragment) ca. 1490 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Giovanni Bellini Pietà di Bergamo ca. 1455 oil on panel Accademia Carrara, Bergamo |
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| Cima da Conegliano Pietà with the Virgin and Saints ca. 1490 oil on panel Gallerie dell' Accademia, Venice |
"Cima developed his style early and maintained it with remarkable consistency throughout his career. Although Vasari may not be literally correct when he mentions Cima as a "discepolo" of Giovanni Bellini (no documentary evidence exists concerning Cima's training), this description is accurate in the sense that the dominant influence on Cima's style was Bellini's mid-career painting of the 1470s and 1480s, which responded to the sojourn of Antonello da Messina in Venice. Cima's works are characterized by compositional harmony; clear, warm colors; and a concern for plasticity and clearly defined spatial arrangement."
– from biographical notes at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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| Cima da Conegliano Virgin and Child ca. 1495 oil on panel Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna |
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| Cima da Conegliano Virgin and Child with St Jerome and St John the Baptist ca. 1492-95 oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Cima da Conegliano Virgin and Child ca. 1496-99 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Cima da Conegliano Baptism of Christ ca. 1493-94 oil on panel Chiesa di San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice |