MANTEGNA, Andrea
(b. 1431, Isola di Carturo, d. 1506, Mantova)

Ceiling decoration (detail)

1465-74
Walnut oil on plaster and fresco
Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua

In one of the twelve side vaults of the ceiling in the Camera degli Sposi, the scene Orpheus Taming Cerberus and a Fury is depicted.




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