Triumph of the Virtues (Mantegna)

Triumph of the Virtues (Mantegna)
Triumph of the Virtues
Artist Andrea Mantegna
Year 1502
Type Tempera on canvas
Dimensions 160 cm × 192 cm (63 in × 76 in)
Location Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Triumph of the Virtues 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 medieval way. Idleness is chased by Minerva, who is also rescuing Diana, goddess of chastity, from being raped by a Centaur, symbol of concupiscence. Next to Minerva is a tree with human features. High in the sky are the three theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity.

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v · d · eWorks by Andrea Mantegna
Ovetari Chapel (1448–1457) · The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1450–1451) · St. Jerome in the Wilderness (c. 1451) · San Luca Altarpiece (1453) · St. James Led to His Execution (c. 1455) · Presentation at the Temple (c. 1455) · Crucifixion (1459) · Agony in the Garden (c. 1459) · Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan (c. 1459-1460) · St. Bernardino of Siena between Two Angels (1460) · Death of the Virgin (c. 1461) · Portrait of a Man (c. 1460) · Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga (c. 1461) · Madonna with Sleeping Child (c. 1470) · St. George (c. 1460) · San Zeno Altarpiece (1460) · St. Sebastian (of Vienna) (c. 1459) · Adoration of the Magi (1462) · The Ascension (1462) · The Circumcision (1464) · Portrait of Carlo de' Medici (c. 1459-1466) · St. Sebastian (of the Louvre) (c. 1480 · The Madonna of the Cherubim (c. 1485) · Triumphs of Caesar (c. 1486) · Christ as the Suffering Redeemer (c. 1488-1500) · Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c. 1490) · Madonna of the Quarry (1490) · St. Sebastian (of Venice) (1490) · Madonna della Vittoria (1496) · Judith and Holofernes (1495) · Trivulzio Madonna (1497) · Parnassus (Mars and Venus) (1497) · Holy Family (c. 1500) · Triumph of the Virtues (c. 1502)

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