mantegna

March 29, 2024
Today is Good Friday, the anniversary of Jesus’ death on the cross.

May 23, 2018
Misidentified Mantegna Discovered in Bergamo The Art Newspaper reports that the curator of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Italy, has discovered evidence to suggest that a painting of The Resurrection of Christ from the late fifteenth century was authored by Andrea Mantegna.

August 10, 2017
On 10 August, 1453, Andrea Mantegna , aged only 22, signed a contract with Abbot Mauro dei Folperti to paint an altarpiece for the Benedictine monastery of Santa Giustina in Padua .

April 25, 2016
25 April marks the feast day of Saint Mark , one of the four Evangelists.

November 24, 2013
A double-sided drawing by Andrea Mantegna sold at auction on 8 November 2013 for €509,650 ($680,000).

September 13, 2013
Italian painter and printmaker Andrea Mantegna died on this day in 1506 in Mantua, where he had served the Gonzaga dukes as court artist for almost half a century.

September 12, 2013
The Getty: Andrea Mantegna, St. Sebastian (c. 1456 – 1459), tempera on panel, 30 x 68 cm.