Noli me tangere between Saints John the Baptist and Jeronimo

Bartolomeo Montagna, the leading painter of Vicenza in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, painted this Noli me tangere between Saints John the Baptist and Jerome around 1492. Montagna's monumental style combined the influence of Giovanni Bellini with the statuesque figure tradition of Mantegna. His altarpieces for churches in Vicenza and the Veneto are characterized by their imposing grandeur. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Oil on panel with Montagna's characteristic monumental figure style and luminous Venetian coloring. The architectural setting and statuesque figures demonstrate his synthesis of Bellinesque and Mantegnesque elements.