The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

[Born at Padua, in Italy, 1430. Died at Mantua, in Italy, 1506. Aged 76.] This painter is celebrated among the early artists of Italy, and belongs to the Paduan school of art. His _chef-d’œuvre_, the _Madonna della Vittoria_, in the Louvre, is grandly treated, and remarkable for its admirable finish. His cartoons of the triumphs of Cæsar are at Hampton Court; the composition is grand and spirited, and knowledge of the antique is blended with a feeling for nature. To Mantegna is attributed the art of engraving with the burin, and also the invention of the art of foreshortening figures, especially on ceilings. Distinguished for his good and amiable qualities. [He was buried in the Church of S. Agnese, in Mantua. His tomb is in one of the chapels, and bears his statue, in bronze. This bust is by Rainaldo Rinaldi.]