Andrea Mantegna, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (central panel of San Zeno Altarpiece), 1459, Verona
Painter: Andrea Mantegna (near Vincenza, 1431-1506 Mantua)
Date: 1459
Original location: in situ, San Zeno in Verona, with copies of predella
Medium and Size: oil on panel
220 x 115 cm
Literature: Martindale and Garavaglia, Complete Paintings of Mantegna, 1967, p.94-95
Notes: Gregorio Correr, abbot of San Zeno and alumni of the Council of Florence of 1439, commissioned this altarpiece. It was taken to France by Napoleaon's troops in 1797, where the 3 predella panels were dispersed to the Louvre (Crucifixion) and Tours (Agony in Garden,Resurrection).
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Andrea Mantegna, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (central panel of San Zeno Altarpiece), 1459, Verona
Painter: Andrea Mantegna (near Vincenza, 1431-1506 Mantua)
Date: 1459
Original location: in situ, San Zeno in Verona, with copies of predella
Medium and Size: oil on panel
220 x 115 cm
Literature: Martindale and Garavaglia, Complete Paintings of Mantegna, 1967, p.94-95
Notes: Gregorio Correr, abbot of San Zeno and alumni of the Council of Florence of 1439, commissioned this altarpiece. It was taken to France by Napoleaon's troops in 1797, where the 3 predella panels were dispersed to the Louvre (Crucifixion) and Tours (Agony in Garden,Resurrection).
The Carpet Index
Lauren Arnold, last update 12/31/10
laurenarnold@cs.com