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Why did Andrea Mantegna end his guardianship under Francesco Squarcione?
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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 ended his guardianship under Francesco Squarcione in 1448 at the age of 17 to establish his own independent workshop in Padua.1
Mantegna sought to disassociate himself from Squarcione because he believed that his guardian had profited significantly from his artistic services without providing him with fair or due recompense.1