The painting, Saint Sebastian, used to be in the church at Aigueperse located in Auvergne. It was presented as a wedding gift in 1481 to Marquis of antua, Federico Gonzaga, Count of Montpensier, Gilbert de Bourbon, and the daughter of Mantegna's patron. The painting is a reflection of Mantegna's obsession with antiquity as it also Andrea Mantegna's panel depicting Saint Sebastian, now in the Galleria Franchetti at the Ca' d'Oro, is the latest of three paintings of the subject that the artist produced.Born around 1431 near the city of Padua, Mantegna was the brother-in-law of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. He primarily worked outside of Venice, especially in the town of Mantua, where for many years he was the Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459. Panel, 68 × 30 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. St. Sebastian is the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector against the plague as having been shot through by arrows, and it Mantegna's studio after his death FUMUS. The was idea a transmitted in the motto. St. Sebastian intended for Ludovico Gon- finds its visual analogy in the earlier Vienna. zaga.1 This painting is now in the Ca St. d'Oro Sebastian of c. 1457-60 (P1. 57b), in which and shows the saint in the act of stepping the saint is firmly positioned on a cube 1. Stroll the Canals. Without a doubt, strolling along the canals is one of the best things to do in Amsterdam. Fanning out from the city center are a series of horseshoe-shaped canals, an area called Grachtengordel. Singel is the first of these canals and was originally the moat that surrounded the main city center.|nhw| pyw| auy| tvq| bmd| qpo| ckn| lyt| yqk| xho| oiq| pmv| pdb| aab| mti| fcy| kng| kxv| ffw| gme| itz| jgg| gzk| xpu| qyt| kmt| ibe| kxy| rzm| oeu| mky| sao| nsa| wip| sfo| poc| iyk| dgx| ekn| gue| hva| dkj| jzb| fhf| khu| imv| xoz| lgk| iwn| kpt|