(b Padua, c. 1482; d Venice, after 1515). Contemporary humanists such as Matteo Bosso praised his precocious artistic gifts, his knowledge of Greek, Latin and Hebrew, and his skills as a musician, singer and lute-player. In 1497 his father sought to secure him a place at the court of Francesco II Gonzaga, 4th Marchese of Mantua, where it is possible that Giulio came into contact with Andrea Mantegna. By 1499 Giulio was at the Ferrarese court of Ercole I d’Este. His earliest engravings, datable between 1497 and 1506, were influenced by Mantegna and by Albrecht Dürer: for instance, in the Ganymede and Zeus (c. 1500–03; see Hind, no. 4) the figure style is indebted to Mantegna, while the rustic landscape is directly inspired by Dürer’s Virgin with the Monkey (B. 42).

Part of the Campagnola family

• Campagnola, Giulio
  • Campagnola
  • Engraving, §II, 3(i)(b): Major exponents and their influences, c 1500–c 1600: Raimondi
  • Venice, §II, 3(i): Art life and organization, 1454–1599: Painting
  • collaboration
    • Mantegna, Andrea, §I, 2: Engravings
  • patrons and collectors
    • Bembo, Pietro
    • Prints, §V: Collecting and connoisseurship
  • pupils
    • Campagnola: (2) Domenico Campagnola
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Musi, Agostino dei
  • works
    • Crayon manner, §2: History
    • Giorgione, §II: Working methods and technique
    • Prints, §III, 5: Technical processes: Mixed and experimental
    • Reproduction of works of art, §2(i): 15th–17th centuries
    • Stipple, §2: History
    • Venice, §III, 1: Centre of production: Manuscripts, books and prints
    • Woodcut, §II, 3(iii): 16th century: Italy