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Which frescoes did Andrea Mantegna paint in the Ovetari Chapel?
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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.
Andrea Mantegna’s work in the Ovetari Chapel of the Eremitani Church in Padua, executed between 1448 and 1455, included several significant frescoes. His earliest contributions in the chapel were the figures of Saints Peter, Paul, and Christopher located in the apse.1
Other notable scenes he painted in the chapel include:
- St. James Led to Martyrdom (located in the lowest row on the left wall)1
- St. James Before Herod1
- Two scenes from the life of St. Christopher (on the right-hand wall)1
Tragically, most of these frescoes were destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Only The Assumption and The Martyrdom of St. Christopher survived the destruction.1