Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, 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
Max Resolution:1198×1700 PX
Title:Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga
Artists:Andrea Mantegna
Date:c.1461
Style:Early Renaissance
Genre:portrait
Medium:canvas,tempera
Location:National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Dimensions:25.5×18 cm
Copyright:Public domain
Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga (c. 1461) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It is housed in the National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.
Francesco Gonzaga was the second son of Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, who had been appointed as cardinal by Pope Pius II aged seventeen, just after the Council of Mantua.
The painting is one of the first portraits executed by Mantegna at the Mantuan court, where he had moved in 1460.