Press kit: Mantegna's
This press kit provides more information Mantegna's Triumphs of Caeser at Hampton Court Palace.
A brief description
- Triumphs of Caesar represent some of the most important Italian Renaissance paintings in the world. Collectively they constitute the largest area of Renaissance painting in a single pageant on display outside of Italy.
- The series was painted by Andrea Mantegna, probably between c.1485 and
1506. The son of a master carpenter, Mantegna was born c.1431 and died in 1506. He trained in Padua and was the Court painter to the Gonzaga family from 1460.
- The Triumphs of Caesar were probably commissioned by Mantegna’s
Patron Francesco II Gonzaga (ruled 1845-1519).
- A ‘Triumph’ was the greatest honour that could be given to a Roman
general. Classical subjects like Julius Caesar (c.102-44BC) were greatly admired in the Renaissance, in this case for his military and literary skills. Caesar was awarded five triumphs, which all took place between 46 and 45 BC. This particular triumph would appear to unite at least two of his greatest campaigns; the victory over the Gauls and recovery of Pontus in Asia Minor, but may indeed be a composite representation of all of Caesar’s triumphs.
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