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Last Name Mantegna

Given Name Andrea

alt. Names A. M. ; André / Andreas / Andrea Mantenia ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1431 in Isola di Carturo close to Padua, Italy

Year died 1506

Place of death

Father's occupation carpenter Biagio Mantegna (1xxx-1xxx)

Relatives

Education apprentice of Francesco Squarcione (1xxx-1xxx), Paduan painter

Country of Activity Italy

Worked for Lodovico III Gonzaga, Duce (Markgraf) of Mantua ; wall-painting of horses, dogs and birds in Gonzaga's private rooms at the Castello di San Giorgio (today Palazzo Ducale) ;

Patronage since 1460 court painter of Duce Lodovico Gonzaga, Mantua (= Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua)

Collaborators

Techniques architectural, topographical, animal, zoological, and botanical painting ;

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna#mediaviewer/File:Sposi.jpg ;

Archival sources further links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna ;

Published sources Jane Martineau & Suzanne Boorsch (eds.): Andrea Mantegna (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1992) ;

other Famous as court painter in Mantua (since 1460); in his youth, he traveled in Italy, and perhaps Greece.

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