# Ceiling \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Walnut oil on plaster and fresco

## Commentary

In this detail two classical scenes can be seen: the death of the singer Orpheus, and Arion being threatened by pirates as he crosses from Sicily to Corinth. The caissons represent the classical emperors Augustus and Tiberius, while the wall lunette is decorated with a Gonzaga seal with a young doe.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/adoration-of-the-magi-r15c33c36fd3421>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r6898e3d9ed21c5>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/agony-in-the-garden-detail-rf30f9e188e0c58>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/agony-in-the-garden-r210322a60da365>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/agony-in-the-garden-r2abe2d6f27ef63>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/assumption-of-the-virgin-detail-rd1f7a696159b84>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/assumption-of-the-virgin-r1ff85b00784c6c>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/assumption-of-the-virgin-r2271e5d492a21f>)
- [Bacchanalia with a Wine Vat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/bacchanalia-with-a-wine-vat-r4166b515a8f2a1>)
- [Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/baptism-of-christ-r02512e9069d9bc>)
- [Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/baptism-of-christ-r8a30f3ed2826cc>)
- [Battle of the Sea Gods](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mantegna-andrea-r671bf8b11d2a72/battle-of-the-sea-gods-r0c927682f603d0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)