Little documentation exists for Andrea Previtali's life. He was first recorded in 1502 when he signed and dated a *Virgin and Child with Donor* , describing himself as a "disciple" of Giovanni Bellini, whose workshop he probably had joined between 1490 and 1500. In 1512 Previtali was in Bergamo, perhaps called there by a noble family who gave him numerous commissions including altarpieces and port
