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MCWTAGKA. Louvre, the National Gallery, London, and at Orgiano, Modena, Pavia, Schwerin, and Stuttgart. C. ct C.,N. Italy, i. 423; Burck- liardt, 174, 191, G03 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole ve- OPV$ HONTAGNA nitienne ; Vasari, cd. Le Mon., vi. 8G, 104, 127 ; Lermolieff, 435 ; Liibke, Gescli. ital. Mai., i. 47(1. MONTAGNA, BENEDETTO, first half of Kith 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, Ecole vcnitienne ; Bartsch, xiii. 332 ; Ltibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., i. 478 ; Wiltshire, 44(1. 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 fol- lower of Mantegna, who somewhat modified his later work by study of Bellini and Car- paccio. Enrolled among the members of the Paduan guild in 14G9. His constant employment in later years in the Santo, where he painted now destroved frescos in the Chapel of the Sacrament (1476), and the important works intrusted to him, show the esteem in which he was held. C. it C., N. Italy, i. 3G1 ; Gonzati, La Basilica di S. An- tonio, Padua (1854), i. 59, 258. MONTALBA, CLARA, born at Chelten- ham; contemporary. Landscape and marine painter, pupil in Paris of Eugene Isabey. Associate of London Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1874, and of Belgian So- ciety in 187G. 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) ; Tra- bacolo at Custom House Venice, Cement i Works on Thames (1883) ; Middelburgh, I 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, begin- ning of 14th century. He was of consider- able ability and great industry, and under- took large and important works. In 1305 he painted two chapels in CastelNuova, 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 Mon- astery of Montevergine, near Avellino, and he is the traditional author of a Madonna there. C. & C., Italy, i. 190. MONTEN, DIETRICH, born in Diissel- dorf, Sept. 18, 1799, died in Munich, Dec. 13, 1843. Historical, genre, and battle painter, pupil of Diisseldorf Academy, then in Munich of Peter Hess ; travelled in Aus- tria, Saxony, Prussia, Italy, and Holland. Works : Victory of Louis the Rich at Gin- gen ; Battle of Neerwinden ; Cavalry Skir- mish 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 Liitzen ; Death of Gus- tavus Adolphus at Liitzen (1835), Hanover Gallery ; Transportation of Wounded Sol- diers, Leipsic Museum ; Death of Duke of Brunswick at Quatre Bras ; Major Schill's Death in Stralsuud ; Three fresco paint- i n 8 s i n Arcade of Roy- al Garden, Munich. Allgem. d. Biog., xxii. 189 ; Cotta's Kunstbl. (1836), 23; (1844), 166; Jordan (1885), ii. 155 ; Nagler, Mon., ii. 480. MONTENARD, FREDERIC, born in Paris ; contemporary. Landscape painter, pupil of Dubufe, Mazerolle, Delaunay, and Puvis de Chavannes. Medal : 3d class, 1883.