MANTEGNA’S wall-paintings are spoken of as frescos, but as a matter of fact they were executed in tempera upon a dry surface. Tempera was also the medium he invariably used for his easel-pictures.
AUSTRIA. VIENN A, IMPERIAL GALLERY: St. SebastianDENMARK. COPENHAGEN, MUSEUM: Christ upheld by AngelsENGLAND. HAMPTON COURT, ROYAL GALLERY: Triumph of Cæsar LONDON, NATIONAL GALLERY: Madonna with St. John and Mary Magdalene (Plate I); Agony in the Garden; Samson and Delilah; Triumph of ScipioLONDON, OWNED BY LADY ASHBURTON: Adoration of the Magi LONDON, OWNED BY DR. LUDWIG MOND: Holy Family – FRANCE. AIGUEPERSE, PUY-DE-DOME, CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME: St. SebastianPARIS, LOUVRE: Crucifixion ; Madonna of Victory (Plate vi); Parnassus; Triumph of Wisdom; Judgment of SolomonPARIS, OWNED BY MADAME ANDRE-JACQUEMART: Madonna and SaintsTOURS, MUSEUM: Agony in the Garden; ResurrectionGERMANY. BERLIN GALLERY: Portrait of Cardinal Scarampi ; Presentation of ChristBERLIN, OWNED BY HERR SIMON: Madonna and ChildDRESDEN, ROYAL GALLERY: Holy FamilyIRELAND. DUBLIN GALLERY: JudithITALY. BERGAMO, CARRARA GALLERY: Madonna and ChildFLORENCE, UFFIZI GALLERY: Altar-piece in three parts; Madonna of the QuarriesMANTUA, CASTELLO, CAMERA DEGLI SPosi: [wall frescos] Lodovico Gonzaga and his Family; Meeting of Lodovico Gonzaga and Cardinal Francesco (Plate II); Winged Children with Tablet; [ceiling frescos] Figures leaning over Balustrade with playing Children; Medallions; Mythological Scenes MILAN, BRERA GALLERY: Altar-piece of St. Luke with Saints and Pietà; The Dead Christ; Ma-donna and Child with Cherubs (Plate MILAN, POLDI-PEZZOLI COLLECTION: Madonna and Child MILAN, OWNED BY PRINCE TRIVULZIO: Altar-piece of Madonna and Saints – NAPLES, MUSEUM: St. Euphemia; Portrait of the Prothonotary Lodovico Gonzaga PADUA, CHURCH OF SANT’ ANTONIO: [fresco over portal] St. Anthony and St. Bernard PADUA, CHURCH OF THE EREMITANI, CHAPEL OF ST. JAMES AND ST. CHRISTOPHER: [frescos] St. James Baptizing; St. James before Herod Agrippa (Plate VII); St. James led to Execution; Martyrdom of St. James; Martyrdom of St. Christopher; Removal of the BodyVENICE, ACADEMY: St. GeorgeVENICE, OWNED BY BARON FRANCHETTI: St. SebastianVENICE, QUERINI-STAMPALIA COLLECTION: Presentation of ChristVERONA, CHURCH OF SAN ZENO: Madonna Enthroned with SaintsSPAIN. PRADO GALLERY: Death of the VirginUNITED STATES. BOSTON, COLLECTION OF MRS. JOHN L. GARDNER: Madonna and Child with Saints.
MANTEGNA BIBLIOGRAPHY
A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES DEALING WITH MANTEGNA
THE most exhaustive work on Mantegna that has yet appeared is Paul Kristeller’ s ‘Andrea Mantegna,’ translated into English by S. A. Strong (London, ’90 I). A brief and excellent study of the artist is by Maud Cruttwell (London,1901). Among other monographs may be mentioned those by Julia Cartwright (London, 1881), Paul Mantz (Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1886), Henry Thode (Leipsic, 1897), and Charles Yriarte (Paris, 1901).
ARCO, C. D’. Delle arti e degli artefici di Mantova. Mantua, 1857-59ARCO, C. D’. Storia di Mantova. Mantua, 1872-BARTSCH, A. v. Le Peintre-Graveur. Vienna, 1803-2IBLASHFIELD, E. H. AND E. W. Italian Cities. New York, 1901BRANDOLESE, P. Testimonianze intorno alla Patavinità di Mantegna. Padua, 1805 CAMPORI, G. Lettere inedite. Modena, 1866CARTWRIGHT, J. Mantegna and Francia. London, 1881-CODDE, P. Memorie biografiche dei pittori Mantovani. Mantua, 1837-CROWE, J. A., AND CAVALCASELLE, G. B. History of Painting in North Italy London, 1871 DELABORDE, H. La gravure en Italie. Paris [1883] DUPLESSIS, G. OEuvre de A. Mantegna reproduit et publié par Amand-Durand. Paris, 1878GAYE, J. Carteggioinedito. Florence, 1839-40GOETHE, J. W. VON. Triumphzug von Mantegna (in Schriften zur Kunst). Weimar, 1898-KRISTELLER, P. Andrea Mantegna: Trans. by S. A. Strong. London, 1901KUGLER, F. T. The Italian Schools of Painting: Revised by A. H. Layard. London, 1900LAW, E. The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court. London, 1898MORELLI, G. Italian Painters: Trans. by C. J. Ffoulkes. London, 1892-93 MUNTZ, E. Histoire de l’art pendant la Renaissance. Paris, 1891-95 RIDOLFI, C. Le maraviglie dell’ arte. Venice, 1648-SCARDEONE, B. De antiquitate Urbis Patavii. Basel, 1560SELVATICO,P. E. Squarcione studii storico-critici. Padua, 1839SELVATICO, P. E. Sul merito artistico del Mantegna. Padua,1844SYMONDS, J. A. Renaissance in Italy. London, 1897THODE,H. Mantegna. Leipsic,1897VASARI, G. Lives of the Painters. New York, 1897-WAAGEN, G. F. Uber Leben, Wirken und Werke der Maler Andrea Mantegna, etc. (in Historisches Taschenbuch). Leipsic, 1850WOLTMANN, A. Mantegna (in Dohme’s Kunst und Künstler, etc.). Leipsic, 1878-YRIARTE, C. Mantegna. Paris, 1901.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
ARCHIVIO STORICO DELL’ ARTE, 1888: C. de Fabriczy; II busto in rilievo di Mantegna attribuito allo Sperandio. 1888: S. Davori; Lo stemma di Mantegna.1889: E. Mentz; Andrea Mantegna e Piero della Francesco. 1889: E. Miintz; Nuovi documenti. L’ART, 1886: A. Milani; Un nouveau tableau de Mantegna au Musée BreraCOURRIER DE L’ART, 1888: Fabriczy, C. de; Notes sur le buste de Mantegna, etc.GAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS, 1866: A. Baschet; Recherches dans les archives de Mantoue, 1886: P. Mantz; Andrea Mantegna. 1894: C. Yriarte; Les Gonzague dans les fresques du Mantegna. ‘895: C. Yriarte; Isabelle d’Este et les artistes de son temps GIORNALE D’ ERUDIZIONE ARTISTICA, 1872: W. Braghirolli; Alcuni documenti relative ad Mantegna JAHRBUCH DER KONIGLICH PREUSSISCHEN KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN, 1901: R. Forster; Studien zu Mantegna und den Bildern in Studierzimmer der Isabella Gonzaga QUARTERLY REVIEW, 1902: Anonymous; Andrea MantegnaZEITSCHRIFT FUR BILDENDE KUNST 1875: C. Brun; Andrea Mantegna im Museum zu Tours. 1876: C. Brun; Neue Dokumente Ober Mantegna. 1881: C. Brun; Ein Bild Mantegna’ s und der erste Entwurf dazu. 1882: C. Brun; Andrea Mantegna und D. Hopfer. 1886: G. Frizzoni; Ein merkwürdiger Fall von malerischer Ausgrabung.
( Originally Published 1905 )
Mantegna:Andrea MantegnaThe Art Of MantegnaThe Works Of MantegnaA List Of The Principal Paintings By Mantegna With Their Present Locations