Andrea Mantegna - Finestre sull'Arte

Mantegna and Bellini at the National Gallery in London, an unprecedented and probably unrepeatable exhibition

Two Renaissance geniuses compared: it promises to be one of the most important exhibitions in the world that the National Gallery in London is dedicating to Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, 1431 - Mantua, 1506) and his brother-in-law Giovanni Belli...
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At the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, the Tarot of Mantegna is on display.

The Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan will host from April 17 to July 1, 2018 the exhibition"Divine Man. Ludovico Lazzarelli and the Mantegna Tarots in the Ambrosiana Collections." Visitors will be able to admire 28 of the 31 sheets, which ar...
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Mantegna and Bellini's two Presentations together in Venice, an exceptional comparison

From March 21 to July 1, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice will be the scene of an exceptional, textbook art history confrontation: in fact, visitors will be able to see side by side the two Presentations of Jesus at the Temple, one painted ...
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Andrea Mantegna and Isabella d'Este: the project for the monument to Virgil

Credo deve essere cognito, saltem per fama, alla Ex. V. la condicione et summa virtù del Pontano, quale meritamente se po dire non solamente alla età nostra, ma dapochi manchò Virgilio, la natura humana non aveva producto homo de magtrina n�...
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Andrea Mantegna and the San Zeno Altarpiece: the polyptych that marks the beginning of the Veronese Renaissance

One could venture a very precise date to establish the "official" beginning of the Veronese Renaissance: July 31, 1459, the day on which the celebrated San Zeno Altarpiece was placed on the high altar of the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona, in the pre...
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