Andrea Mantegna was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the 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 of prints in Venice before 1500.
His formative teachers included Francesco Squarcione. Among his declared influences are Donatello. Notable paintings include Saint Mark, Triumphs of Caesar, Saint Anthony and Saint Bernardino worshipping the Christogram, and Saint Bernardinus among Angels. His practice spanned allegory, religious painting, and religious art.
His oeuvre belongs more precisely to the Early Renaissance current.
