The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, ca. 1495–1500, Distemper on canvas, 22 1/2 x 18 in. (57.2 x 45.7 cm), Paintings, Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua), From 1460 Mantegna painted in Mantua for the Gonzaga family, whose cultivated court promoted humanist culture, with its emphasis on the example of Antiquity. Characteristically then, in this late picture Mantegna was inspired by classical funerary reliefs to achieve a rare combination of austerity and sweetness
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Holy Family, Saint Mary Magdalen, ca, 1495–1500, Distemper, canvas, 22 1/2 x 18, 57.2 45.7 cm, Paintings, Andrea Mantegna, Italian, Isola di Carturo, 1430/31–1506, Mantua, 1460, Mantegna, painted, Gonzaga family, cultivated court, promoted, humanist, culture, emphasis, example, Antiquity, Characteristically, late picture, inspired, classical funerary, reliefs, achieve, rare combination, austerity, sweetness
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