Andrea Previtali

Andrea Previtali (c. 1480–1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo.

In Bergamo, he painted a John the Baptist preaching with other saints (1515) for the church of Santo Spirito,[1] a San Benedetto and other saints for Bergamo Cathedral,[2] and a Deposition from the Cross for Sant'Andrea.

Kenneth Clark, then Director of the National Gallery, bought two small panels of his from a dealer in Vienna, each with two rustic scenes.

The authoritative ascription of them to Previtali was published in 1938 in The Burlington Magazine by G. M. Richter,[4] based on research by Philip Pouncey, a curator.

[5][6] Previtali's masterpiece is an Annunciation (illustrated here), which stands over the high altar of the little-known church of Santa Maria del Meschio in Vittorio Veneto.