_Andrea Previtali_ (Bergamese: about 1480-1528).
This painter (whose personality is in some art-histories merged
in that of Cordelle Agii, see 1409) was one of Bellini's
numerous pupils--a provincial from Bergamo, "a dry, honest,
monotonous" painter (see Morelli's _German Galleries_, pp.
178-181, and under 1203). "As regards technique, Previtali
is certainly very eminent; in brilliance of colouring he is
not behind any of Bellini's pupils, and the landscapes in
the background of his pictures are for the most part neatly
and faultlessly executed. But he lacks the main attributes
of a great artist--invention and the power of original
representation." Whilst painting in Venice, he signed his
pictures _Andreas Bergomensis_; on his return to Bergamo,
_Andreas Previtalus_. His pictures at Bergamo are numerous; the
best is the altar-piece in S. Spirito.
A characteristic example of the painter. The figure of the monk in
adoration is somewhat hard. The landscape background is pleasant.