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	Mantegna, Andrea (b Isola di Carturo, nr Padua, 1430–31; d Mantua 13 Sept 1506). Italian painter and printmaker. He occupies a pre-eminent position among Italian artists of the 15th century. The profound enthusiasm for the civilization of ancient Rome that infuses his entire oeuvre was unprecedented in a painter. In addition to its antiquarian content, his art is characterized by brilliant compositional solutions, the bold and innovative use of perspective and foreshortening and a precise and deliberate manner of execution, an aspect that was commented upon during his lifetime. He was held in great esteem by his contemporaries for his learning and skill and, significantly, he is the only artist of the period to have left a small corpus of self-portraits: two in the Ovetari Chapel; his presumed self-portrait in the Presentation in the Temple (Berlin, Gemäldegal.); one in the Camera Picta (Mantua, Pal. Ducale) and the funerary bust in his burial chapel in S Andrea, Mantua, designed and probably executed by himself. His printmaking activity is technically advanced and of great importance, although certain aspects of the execution remain to be clarified. Due to the survival of both the Paduan and Mantuan archives Mantegna is one of the best-documented artists of the 15th century.
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	Mantegna, Andrea Bellini: (1) Jacopo Bellini, §I, 1: Paintings Humanism, §3: Humanism and the visual arts Istoria Italy, §III, 4(iv): High Renaissance & Mannerist painting, c 1500–c 1600: Other schools & artists Mantua, §2: Art life and organization Pizzolo, Niccolò Rome, §III, 3: Art life and organization, 1420–1502 Zoan Andrea architecture Laurana, Luciano assistants Belbello da Pavia attributions Bellini: (3) Giovanni Bellini, §III, 2: Drawings Bonsignori, Francesco Forgery, §II, 2: Authentication techniques: Historical evidence Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi Presentation drawing Zoppo, Marco, §3: Critical reception and posthumous reputation collaboration Vivarini: (1) Antonio Vivarini, §1: Early work & collaboration with Giovanni d’Alemagna, 1440–50 copies Bury, Friedrich dealers Christie’s dealing Este (i): (6) Isabella d’Este drawings Ekphrasis, §4: Ekphrasis in the Renaissance West frames Frame, §II, 3(i): Italian Early Renaissance groups and movements Renaissance, §4(iii)(a): High Renaissance: Painting and graphic art in Italy house Artist’s house, §1: Before the 19th century manuscript illumination Guindaleri, Pietro Venice, §III, 1: Centre of production: Manuscripts, books and prints methods Canvas, §1(i): Properties Canvas, §2: History and use di sotto in sù Encaustic painting, §2(i): Pre-Renaisssance Perspective, §II, 2(i): Linear: Orthodox scientific Size paintings Bust, §III: Renaissance and Baroque Italy, §III, 3(i)(d): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Subject-matter & patronage Italy, §III, 3(ii)(b): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500: Other centres allegorical Allegory, §IV, 1: Renaissance: Italy altarpieces Renaissance, §3: Renaissance, 1450–c 1500 capriccios Capriccio, §1: Early manifestations ceiling Illusionism, §2(i)(a): Large-scale projects, c 1450–c 1600 frescoes Dress, §V, 1(ii): Southern Europe, 15th century history Costa: (1) Lorenzo Costa (i) History painting, §I, 1: Before c 1760: Origins portraits Conversation piece, §1: Use of the term and historical precedents Gonzaga: (4) Federico I Gonzaga Gonzaga: (5) Francesco Gonzaga religious Erotic art, §I, 2(ii): Western world, c 1500–c 1700 Frame, §VIII, 4: Spain: Herrera style Grisaille, §2(i): From c 1400: Imitating stone and other materials Sacra conversazione patrons and collectors England, §XIII, 1: Collecting and dealing, before 1700 Hampton Court Palace, §3: Later work Italy, §XII, 4: Patronage: Renaissance, c 1400–c 1600 Albarelli, Giovanni Caliari, Paolo (ii) Amboise, Charles II d', Comte de Chaumont (1473-(1511) Amboise, d’: (2) Charles II d’Amboise Amboise, Georges I d', Cardinal (1460-1510) Amboise, d’: (1) Georges I d’Amboise André, Edouard (b 1827) Jacquemart-André Baring, Thomas (ii) (1799-1873) Baring: (4) Thomas Baring (ii) Bembo, Pietro, Cardinal Bembo, Pietro Boulle, André-Charles Boulle, André-Charles Brudenell, George, 4th Earl of Cardigan and 1st Duke of Montagu Brudenell Butler, Charles (1822-1910) Butler, Charles Charles I, King of England and Scotland (reg 1625-49) Carpio: (2) 6th Marqés del Carpio Stuart, House of: (6) Charles I, §4: Locations, inventories and dispersal of collection Coningham, William Coningham, William Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Oliver Fesch, Joseph, Cardinal Fesch, Joseph Francesco II, 4th Marchese of Mantua (reg 1484-1519) Gonzaga: (8) Francesco II Gonzaga Gonzaga (family) Mantua Hawkins, John Heywood (1803-77) Hawkins, John Heywood Innocent VIII, Pope (reg 1484-92) Innocent VIII, Pope Isabella d'Este, Marchesa di Mantua (1474-1539) Correggio, §1(ii)(c): Mythological paintings, 1520 and after Italy, §XIV, 1: Museums: Renaissance collections Mythological painting and sculpture, §3: The Renaissance, c 1400–c 1595 Studiolo Knight, Richard Payne Knight, Richard Payne Ludovico II, 2nd Marchese of Mantua (reg Gonzaga Gonzaga: (3) Ludovico II Gonzaga Mond, Ludwig Mond: (1) Ludwig Mond Museu de Arte de São Paulo Brazil, §XI: Museums Richelieu, Armand-Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal de France, §XIII, 3: Collecting and dealing: 17th century Salamanca (y Mayol), José, Marqués de Salamanca, José Skippe, John Skippe, John Solly, Edward Solly, Edward Thibaudeau, Narcisse-Adolphe, Comte de Thibaudeau, Narcisse-Adolphe Valenti Gonzaga, Silvio, Cardinal Gonzaga: (21) Silvio Valenti Gonzaga Vincenzo I, 4th Duke of Mantua (reg 1587-1612) Art market, §II: 1500–1700 Wright, John Michael Wright, John Michael prints Limited edition, §1: Prints Pastiglia Prints, §I, 4(v): Editions Prints, §V: Collecting and connoisseurship drypoints Drypoint, §2: History engravings Engraving, §II, 2(ii): Italy, c 1430–c 1500 Reproduction of works of art, §2(i): 15th–17th centuries mythological Prints, §II, 1(ii): Subject-matter, before c 1700: Classical and mythological religious Devotional prints, §2: Late 15th century and after pupils Bramante, Donato, §I, 1: Early life and training, to late 1470s Leonbruno , Lorenzo Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the Beheading of St John the Baptist Montagna: (1) Bartolomeo Montagna, §1(i): Early work, to c 1485 reproductive prints by others Andreani, Andrea Cartaro, Mario Cruyl, Lieven Giovanni Antonio da Brescia Ladenspelder, Johann restorations by others Goupy, Joseph Pellicioli, Mauro sculpture Fancelli, Luca stage design Theatre, §III, 2(i)(b): Italy: Renaissance stage design and costume tapestries Mantua, §3: Centre of tapestry production teachers Padua, §2: Art life and organization Squarcione, Francesco

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