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Which Andrea Mantegna frescoes in the Ovetari Chapel survived World War II?
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Andrea Mantegna
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Most of the frescoes painted by Andrea Mantegna in the Ovetari Chapel of the Eremitani Church in Padua were destroyed by a bomb during World War II.
Only two of his works in the chapel survived the destruction:
- The Assumption
- The Martyrdom of St. Christopher1