Design for the funerary monument of Francesco Gonzaga
c. 1519
Brush, pen, and brown ink with white highlights over pierre noire, 507 x 272 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Francesco Gonzaga (1466-1519) was the son of Federico I Gonzaga. He married in 1490 Isabella d'Este. Under their reign, Mantua knew a great age of cultural splendour.
