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Which unfinished painting did Lorenzo Costa complete after Andrea Mantegna died?
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Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
The unfinished painting that Lorenzo Costa completed following the death of Andrea Mantegna was a canvas depicting the legend of the god Comus.1
This work was intended for the studiolo of Isabella dāEste, a small room in the Gonzaga palace at Mantua decorated with mythological subjects to showcase the patron's erudition. After Mantegna died, Costa, who succeeded him as the court painter to the Gonzaga family, finished the painting.12