Andrea Mantegna
Born: c. 1431, Isola di Carturo, Republic of Venice Died: 1506, Mantua
Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Brother-in-law of Giovanni and Gentile Bellini.
Artworks
The Foreshortened Christ (Lamentation of Christ)
Famous for its dramatic use of foreshortening, showing Christ's body from the feet with the wounds in his feet prominently visible.
