Giovanni Speranza (c. 1470 – 1540s) was an Italian painter. He was born and was active in Vicenza, where he was a follower of Benedetto Montagna.A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume 1, page 419. His exact birth and death years are not confirmed with one claiming he was born in 1480 and died in 1546.Per Le Nobilissime Nozze Nanne Gozzadini E Maria Teresa Sarego Allighieri, by Giovanni da Schio, page 55.Enciclopedia Treccani .
He is mentioned briefly by Giorgio Vasari, in his entry on Jacopo Sansovino. He later claims both Montagna and Speranza were pupils of Andrea Mantegna.A History of Painting in North Italy: Venice, Padua, Vicenza Volume 1, by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, page 421. It is unclear if he is related to the Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Speranza.
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