Andrea Mantegna
Italian painter and engraver. His painting is influenced by his encounter with works of sculpture, in particular with those of the Tuscan sculptor Donatello.
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1431
Born as the son of a carpenter on the Isola di Carturo (north of Padua)
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1442–48
Apprenticeship with Francesco Squarcione (1397-1468) in Padua
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1448–51
Andrea Mantegna: Saint Mark the Evangelist,
about 1448, egg tempera on canvas, 81,1 x 63,6 cm
© Städel Museum – U. Edelmann – ARTOTHEK -
1453
Marriage with Nicolosia Bellini
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1460
Court painter to the Gonzaga in Mantua
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1460-64
Andrea Mantegna: The Death of the Virgin,
about 1460-64, egg tempera on panel, 54,5 x 42 cm
© Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado -
1500-02
Andrea Mantegna: Minerva expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue, about 1500-02, egg tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot -
1506
Dies on 13 September 1506 in Mantua