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Facts

Born 1431 • near Vicenza • Italy
Died September 13, 1506 (aged 75) • Mantua • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Paduan school • Renaissance

Photos

Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna: The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Virgin and Child, engraving on laid paper sheet by Andrea Mantegna, 1470s (?); in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 27.7 × 23.1 cm.
Andrea Mantegna: Oculus in the Camera degli Sposi
Madonna of the Victory, altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna, 1496; in the Louvre, Paris. 2.85 × 1.68 m.
Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue
The Virgin and Child with Saints, altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna, probably 1490–1505; in the National Gallery, London.
Ludovico Gonzaga, His Family and Court, detail of a fresco by Andrea Mantegna, 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Plate 9: “Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga,” fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474. In the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Luigi (or Ludovico) III and a messenger (left), detail of one of the frescoes of the Gonzaga family by Andrea Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi, completed 1474, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
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