Bernardo Parentino

Bernardo Parentino (c. 1434 or 1437 – 1531) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Padua.

Born in Parenzo, then a Venetian town in Istria and died in Vicenza. He was influenced, if not a pupil, of the painter Andrea Mantegna. He became an Augustinian monk under name of "Lorenzo". He painted "Scenes of the life of San Benedetto" for the cloister of Santa Giustina at Padua, and a "Nativity" once at the Accademia in Venice. He painted a nightmarish "Temptation of St. Anthony Abbot" found at the Doria Pamphilj Gallery. An "Adoration of the Magi", more indepted to Giovanni Bellini is found at the Louvre Museum [ [http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/p/p-parentino1.htm| "Adoration of the Magi".] ] Also known as "Bernardo da Parenzo" or as "Parenzano".

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*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 120 | publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
* [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500003567|Getty Museum entry]