The Triumph of the Virtues (also known as Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna, executed in 1502. It is housed in the Musée du Louvre of Paris. The triumph was the second picture painted by Mantegna for Isabella d'Este's studiolo (cabinet), after the Parnassus of 1497. It portrays a marsh enclosed by a tall fence, ruled over by the Vices, portrayed as hideous figures and identified by scrolls in a typically… Read more...

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Author:

Ernest Rouart

Born:

24th Aug, 1874

Dead:

2nd Jan, 1942

Country:

France

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Ernest Rouart (Paris 1874 - id. 1942) est un artiste-peintre, aquarelliste, pastelliste, graveur, et collectionneur français. Il est l'un des quatre fils de Henri Rouart, frère d'Eugène Rouart dont il fait le portrait vers 1900. Il a épousé Julie Manet, la fille de Berthe Morisot et de Eugène Manet. Peintre impressionniste, il a beaucoup aidé à la promotion de ce courant et beaucoup travaillé à mettre en valeur Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, et Berthe Morisot, par des expositions importantes. Avec… Read more...

Author:

after Andrea Mantegna

Born:

1431

Dead:

13th Sep, 1506

Country:

Italie

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Andrea Mantegna (Italian: [anˈdrɛa manˈteɲɲa]; c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer… Read more...