Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga
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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
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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.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
artist Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna 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...
. It is housed in the National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Francesco Gonzaga
Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483)
Francesco Gonzaga was an Italian bishop and cardinal.-Biography:Born at Mantua, he was the second son of Ludovico II Gonzaga, marquess of Mantua, and Barbara of Brandenburg....
was the second son of Ludovico Gonzaga
Ludovico Gonzaga
Ludovico Gonzaga was the name of several prominent members of the House of Gonzaga:* Ludovico I Gonzaga , better known as Luigi, the first Capitano del Popolo of Mantua and Imperial Vicar...
, Marquess of Mantua, who had been appointed as cardinal by Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family...
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.