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Andrea Mantegna

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Painting of the Madonna holding a sleeping infant against her cheek, wearing a gold veil and blue dress on a dark background.

Madonna and sleeping child

1455

Painting of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist as a dove descends above, with two onlookers and an orange grove.

Baptism of Christ

1506

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns and bound hands, flanked by mocking figures and Latin inscriptions on placards.

Ecce Homo [Behold the Man]

1500

Monochrome painting of a crowned woman in draped robes holding a covered urn and a sword, before stacked wood.

Dido

1495

Painting of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, with bound wrists, gazing upward against a dark background.

St. Sebastian

1506

Painting of the standing infant Christ with a golden halo, gilded collar, dark cloak and raised hand against a dark backgroun

The Infant Savior

1455

Grisaille painting of Judith with a sword and a maidservant holding a severed head against a dark, streaked sky.

Judith

1490

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue veil and red dress holding the infant Christ against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

1450

Painting of the Virgin and Child with infant Saint John and six female saints before red cliffs and a distant city.

The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Six Female Saints

1497

Painting of the Circumcision of Jesus by Mantegna, showing a priest, Mary holding the infant, and attendants in a marble hall

The Circumsicion of Jesus

1461

Painting of a bearded haloed figure in blue and pink holding a small figure, surrounded by red winged cherubs on clouds.

Christ with the Soul of the Virgin

1460

Painting of the dead Christ seated on a stone tomb, supported by two winged angels, with a landscape and crosses behind.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

1485

Three brown ink sketches of a reclining male figure in foreshortening, stacked on a pale sheet.

Three Studies for the Dead Christ

1455

Portrait of Carlo de' Medici

1466

Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga

1460

Painting of the risen Christ holding a banner atop a rocky tomb while startled soldiers in armor lie and gaze upward below.

The Resurrection of Christ

1492

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

1456-1459

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing men, one embracing a figure in front of him, with a man reading a book beside them.

Two Standing Male Figures (recto); A Man Reclining and Other Studies (verso)

about 1456

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child on his shoulders across a landscape.

Saint Christopher

c. 1500

Brown ink drawing of nude figures and a robed man with a cross entering a stone archway, with demons above.

The Descent into Limbo

mid-15th century

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ, with a halo and hatched background.

The Virgin and Child

c. 1490

Brown ink drawing of a seated curly-haired man in draped cloth holding a long staff, with a standing figure and column beside

Seated Man Holding a Club or Other Implement (recto); Two Heads of Grotesque Men in Profile (verso)

1484-1500

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ child in a cave surrounded by cherubs, with two bearded men in the foreground.

The Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1475-80

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, with a halo and draped robes against hatched lines.

The Virgin and Child

ca. 1480-85

Pen and brown ink drawing of a semi-nude faun in a cloak grappling with a snake, attributed to Mantegna.

A faun, semi-nude and wearing a cloak, attacking a snake

1450

Brown and white drawing of two nude male figures wrestling, one lifting the other, with billowing drapery around them.

Hercules wrestling with Antaeus

1450

Engraving of the nude hero Hercules struggling with a serpent-like hydra, club raised, cloak flying, Latin inscription at rig

Hercules and the Hydra

n.d.