| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Mantegna | Isola di Carturo | c. 1431 | Mantova | 1562 | M | P0824 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Artist | Professional | Urban | Artist Artist (painter) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padova, Mantova | 16cent/2/mid | Italy |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantegna_Tarocchi acc. 22/01/15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna ( c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500.
(Art historians no longer believe Andrea Mantegna was the engraver of any of them, as was thought until the nineteenth century, but the name is still used, mostly as “the so-called Mantegna Tarocchi”. Baccio Baldini was a Florentine engraver who was also brought into consideration as a possible author in the past, hence the name also used in the past of Baldini Cards or Tarocchi) (wikipedia)