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Louvre, the National Gallery, London, and at Orgiano, Modena, Pavia, Schwerin, and Stuttgart.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 423; Burckhardt, 174, 191, 603; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vi. 86, 104, 127; Lermolieff, 435; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 476.

MONTAGNA, BENEDETTO, first half of 16th century. Venetian school; son of Bartolommeo, though commonly called his brother, and his assistant until his father's decease. Better known as an engraver than as a painter. His father bequeathed him the bulk of his property and his practice, but Benedetto was not Bartolommeo's equal in talent. In 1490 he was master in his guild. There are pictures by him in the Duomo at Vicenza, in the Brera, Milan (1528), and in the Venice Academy (1533).—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 435; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Bartsch, xiii. 332; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 478; Wiltshire, 446.

MONTAGNANA, JACOPO, born before 1450, died in Padua about 1499, in which year he made his will. Venetian school; Vasari classes him among the disciples of Giovanni Bellini, but he was probably a follower of Mantegna, who somewhat modified his later work by study of Bellini and Carpaccio. Enrolled among the members of the Paduan guild in 1469. His constant employment in later years in the Santo, where he painted now destroyed frescos in the Chapel of the Sacrament (1476), and the important works intrusted to him, show the esteem in which he was held.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 361; Gonzati, La Basilica di S. Antonio, Padua (1854), i. 59, 258.

MONTALBA, CLARA, born at Cheltenham; contemporary. Landscape and marine painter, pupil in Paris of Eugène Isabey. Associate of London Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1874, and of Belgian Society in 1876. Exhibits at Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery. Works: Festa di S. Antonio—Venice, Canal—Venice (1879); S. Chiara—Venice (1880); Dalmatian Boat, S. Marco—Venice (1881); Boats—Venice, Riva degli Schiavoni—Venice (1882); Trabacolo at Custom House—Venice, Cement Works on Thames (1883); Middelburgh, Port of do. (1884); Port of Amsterdam (1886). Of her sisters, Ellen and Hilda Montalba paint portraits and figure-pieces, and Henrietta S. Montalba is a sculptor.

MONTANO D'AREZZO, of Arezzo, beginning of 14th century. He was of considerable ability and great industry, and undertook large and important works. In 1305 he painted two chapels in Castel Nuova, and in 1306 two chapels in the Castel del' Ovo, Naples. In 1310 he was knighted by King Robert. He adorned a chapel in the Monastery of Montevergine, near Avellino, and he is the traditional author of a Madonna there.—C. & C., Italy, i. 190.

MONTEN, DIETRICH, born in Düsseldorf, Sept. 18, 1799, died in Munich, Dec. 13, 1843. Historical, genre, and battle painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy, then in Munich of Peter Hess; travelled in Austria, Saxony, Prussia, Italy, and Holland. Works: Victory of Louis the Rich at Gingen; Battle of Neerwinden; Cavalry Skirmish in Battle of Leipsic; Prussian Artillery (1827), Departure of the Poles from Home (1832), National Gallery, Berlin; King Louis I. in Family Circle; King Otto of Greece and Suite; Napoleon I. with his Generals; Episode in Battle of Lützen; Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1835), Hanover Gallery; Transportation of Wounded Soldiers, Leipsic Museum; Death of Duke of Brunswick at Quatre Bras; Major Schill's Death in Stralsund; Three fresco paintings in Arcade of Royal Garden, Munich.—Allgem. d. Biog., xxii. 189; Cotta's Kunstbl. (1836), 23; (1844), 166; Jordan (1885), ii. 155; Nagler, Mon., ii. 480.

MONTENARD, FRÉDÉRIC, born in Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter, pupil of Dubufe, Mazerolle, Delaunay, and Puvis de Chavannes. Medal: 3d class, 1883.