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Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
In 1495, Francesco II Gonzaga commissioned the Madonna of the Victory (1496) from Andrea Mantegna to commemorate his supposed victory at the Battle of Fornovo.1