Andrea Mantegna - Finestre sull'Arte

Mantua, maintenance for the Bridal Chamber: goal to preserve Mantegna's masterpiece

From Feb. 24 to March 7, 2025, the Bridal Chamber, the fascinating work by Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, 1431 - Mantua, 1506) created between 1465 and 1474, will undergo a major scheduled maintenance operation. The pictorial masterpiece commissi...
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In Mantua, you can climb the dome of the Basilica of St. Andrew

Since December 19, in Mantua, it has been possible to climb the dome of the Basilica of St. Andrew, the Renaissance masterpiece by Leon Battista Alberti: this new itinerary, which combines spirituality and culture, represents one of the most relevant...
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Will France return to us three Mantegna panels stolen by Napoleon? Debate opens

Will France return to Italy three valuable Andrea Mantegna panels taken by Napoleon shortly after the Treaty of Campoformio was signed? Difficult, but it can be discussed. Yesterday, Le Journal des Arts, one of the leading French publications dedicat...
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Mantua's Ducal Palace buys and restores copy of Caesar's Triumphs: it will be previewed on display

On the occasion of the day of the Italian Federation of Friends of Museums, a copy of Caesar's Triumphs purchased and restored by the museum will be on view to the public as a preview from Sunday, October 3, within the usual visiting itinerary and wi...
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Andrea Mantegna, Poldi Pezzoli's Madonna and Child: a tale of restoration

A nineteenth-century restoration had altered the appearance of Andrea Mantegna 's Madonna and Child (Isola di Carturo, 1431 Mantua, 1506) preserved at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan to such an extent that it was particularly difficult to j...
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The rediscovered Mantegna. At the Poldi Pezzoli Museum the exhibition-dossier on the restoration

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum presents from October 15 the exhibition-dossier Mantegna ritrovato, dedicated to the restoration of Andrea Mantegna's Madonna and Child. The exhibition is curated by the museum house and theOpificio delle Pietre Dure of Flore...
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The Bridal Chamber. Andrea Mantegna's masterpiece in Mantua.

Admired for centuries and called "the most beautiful room in the world" as early as 1475 (i.e., just one year after the decoration work was completed), the Bridal Chamber still attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to Mantua every year. A sy...
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Reviving the ancient, building the modern. Turin dedicates a major exhibition to Mantegna

The rooms of Palazzo Madama in Turin will host from December 12, 2019 to May 4, 2020 the major exhibition Andrea Mantegna. Reviving the Ancient, Building the Modern dedicated to one of the most significant artists of the Italian Renaissance, Andrea M...
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