Giorgio Vasari’s praise for the series of paintings made by Andrea Mantegna between around 1485 and 1506 is a fitting tribute to a remarkable ensemble of pictures. Showing the triumphal procession of ...

A masterpiece of the early Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna’s Bridal Chamber has been described as the most beautiful room in the world.

On May 13, 1478, an Italian painter named Andrea Mantegna wrote to his employer to complain about unpaid wages. "Your Excellency," he wrote, "seeing the great renumeration of property, houses ...