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Mantegna's first work, now lost, was an altarpiece for the church of Santa Sofia in 1448. The same year he was called, together with Nicolò Pizolo, to work with a large group of painters entrusted with the decoration of the Ovetari Chapel in the transept of the Sant'Agostino degli Eremitani .
Pages in category "Paintings by Andrea Mantegna" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
These works were almost sculptural and were much appreciated in courts. At the time, near Mantua, there was a scarcity of active sculptors and it was difficult to procure marble, which had to be imported from nearby territories. This artwork exhibits similar techniques, formal and thematic, with Mantegna's painting of Samson and Delilah.
The Adoration of the Magi or Uffizi Triptych is a group of three tempera-on-panel paintings by Andrea Mantegna, dating to around 1460.Their three subjects are the Ascension of Christ (86 by 42.5 cm), Adoration of the Magi the largest and central panel (76 by 76.5 cm) and the Circumcision of Christ (86 by 42.5 cm).
Although now mere shadows of Mantegna's cinquecento paintings, they still convey a powerful impression of epic grandeur. [11] In the words of Anthony Blunt, who as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures supervised the restoration, "The Triumphs may be a ruin but it is a noble one, one as noble as those of ancient Rome which Mantegna so deeply admired ...
Judith with the Head of Holofernes is an Italian Renaissance painting attributed to Andrea Mantegna or to a follower of his, possibly Giulio Campagnola. [1] Painted in tempera in around 1495 or 1500, it depicts the common artistic subject of Judith beheading Holofernes .
The Lamentation was counted among Mantegna's possessions at the time of his death. This has led some art historians, such as Roberto Longhi and Ettore Camesasca, to categorize the piece as one of Mantegna's later works, while others, namely Henry Thode and Paul Kristeller, date it earlier in his career. [18]
The Parnassus was the first picture painted by Mantegna for Isabella d'Este's studiolo (cabinet) in the Ducal Palace of Mantua.The shipping of the paint used by Mantegna for the work is documented in 1497; there is also a letter to Isabella (who was at Ferrara) informing her that once back she would find the work completed.