Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

to sign some twenty engravings, and until recently Zoan Andrea was regarded as a distinct printmaker; it is now realized that they are the same person,[2] and the "Z.A."

[3] The real Zoan Andrea was a very obscure painter, documented as working in Mantua in the 1470s, who produced no engravings.

He developed his technique, becoming a technical influence on other Italian engravers, notably Marcantonio Raimondi.

[7] Though he was apparently from Brescia in northern Italy, there are no documentary records of his life other than the prints; the locations and rough timing of his career have been worked out from these.

It is assumed he moved to Rome, as his later engravings depict works available to him only in that city, but the date this happened varies between different accounts.