Andrea Mantegna facts for kids

Andrea Mantegna
Quick facts for kids Andrea Mantegna
	St. Sebastian, 1480; panel; Musée du Louvre
Born	Andrea Mantegna ; c. 1431; Isola di Carturo, Venetian Republic, now Italy
Died	September 13, 1506 (aged 74–75); Mantua, now Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	Francesco Squarcione
Known for	Painting, fresco
Notable work	St. Sebastian; Camera degli Sposi; The Agony in the Garden
Movement	Italian Renaissance

Andrea Mantegna (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa manˈteɲɲa]; c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500.

Images for kids

The Agony in the Garden (right panel of the predella of the San Zeno Altarpiece, 1455) National Gallery, London is the pinnacle of Mantegna's early style.
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer. Christ resurrecting, depicted according to Luke 24:1-2, praising the Lord with a hymn.
Judith and Holofernes, by Andrea Mantegna or possibly Giulio Campagnola
The Madonna of the Cherubim (1485).
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Tempera on canvas, 68x81 cm, 1490 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
The Virgin Mary in Andrea Mantegna's San Zeno Altarpiece combines pseudo-Arabic halos and garment hems, with an Oriental carpet at her feet (1456–1459).