MANTEGNA, Andrea

Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1431-1506 Italian painter and printmaker. He occupies a pre-eminent position among Italian artists of the 15th century. The profound enthusiasm for the civilization of ancient Rome that infuses his entire oeuvre was unprecedented in a painter. In addition to its antiquarian content, his art is characterized by brilliant compositional solutions, the bold and innovative use of perspective and foreshortening and a precise and deliberate manner of execution, an aspect that was commented upon during his lifetime. He was held in great esteem by his contemporaries for his learning and skill and, significantly, he is the only artist of the period to have left a small corpus of self-portraits: two in the Ovetari Chapel; his presumed self-portrait in the Presentation in the Temple (Berlin, Gemeldegal.); one in the Camera Picta (Mantua, Pal. Ducale) and the funerary bust in his burial chapel in S Andrea, Mantua, designed and probably executed by himself. His printmaking activity is technically advanced and of great importance, although certain aspects of the execution remain to be clarified.


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MANTEGNA, Andrea The Adoration of the Shepherds sf oil


The Adoration of the Shepherds sf
Painting ID::  8044
The Adoration of the Shepherds sf
c. 1451-53 Tempera on canvas tranferred from wood, 40 x 55,6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     

MANTEGNA, Andrea Agony in the Garden dth oil


Agony in the Garden dth
Painting ID::  8045
Agony in the Garden dth
c. 1459 Tempera on wood, 63 x 80 cm National Gallery, London
   
   
     

MANTEGNA, Andrea Agony in the Garden (detail) sg oil


Agony in the Garden (detail) sg
Painting ID::  8046
Agony in the Garden (detail) sg
c. 1459 Tempera on wood National Gallery, London
c._1459 Tempera_on_wood National_Gallery,_London
   
   
     

MANTEGNA, Andrea Portrait of a Man ag oil


Portrait of a Man ag
Painting ID::  8047
Portrait of a Man ag
c. 1460 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington
c._1460 Wood National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington
   
   
     

MANTEGNA, Andrea St Sebastian sgy oil


St Sebastian sgy
Painting ID::  8048
St Sebastian sgy
1457-58 Wood, 68 x 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
1457-58 Wood,_68_x_30_cm Kunsthistorisches_Museum,_Vienna
   
   
     

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     MANTEGNA, Andrea
     Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1431-1506 Italian painter and printmaker. He occupies a pre-eminent position among Italian artists of the 15th century. The profound enthusiasm for the civilization of ancient Rome that infuses his entire oeuvre was unprecedented in a painter. In addition to its antiquarian content, his art is characterized by brilliant compositional solutions, the bold and innovative use of perspective and foreshortening and a precise and deliberate manner of execution, an aspect that was commented upon during his lifetime. He was held in great esteem by his contemporaries for his learning and skill and, significantly, he is the only artist of the period to have left a small corpus of self-portraits: two in the Ovetari Chapel; his presumed self-portrait in the Presentation in the Temple (Berlin, Gemeldegal.); one in the Camera Picta (Mantua, Pal. Ducale) and the funerary bust in his burial chapel in S Andrea, Mantua, designed and probably executed by himself. His printmaking activity is technically advanced and of great importance, although certain aspects of the execution remain to be clarified.

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