Creator story
Surprising fact
His Lamentation shows the dead Christ in extreme foreshortening, feet-first toward the viewer — a stunning perspective experiment for its time.
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Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506) was a master of the early Italian Renaissance, famed for his archaeological precision and daring perspective. His radically foreshortened Lamentation of Christ still astonishes.
Mantegna's mastery of perspective and antiquity influenced generations of Renaissance painters.
- A master of the early Italian Renaissance.
- Famed for daring perspective and archaeological detail.
- His foreshortened dead Christ is a landmark of illusionism.
Key works
A key work by Andrea Mantegna
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is one of Andrea Mantegna's defining works.