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

Death of the Virgin (detail)

1460-64
Oil on wood
Museo del Prado, Madrid

In a room framed by sombre pilasters, but looking out on to a view of the lake of Mantua, the Apostles gather round the dying Virgin.




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