# The Court of Gonzaga \(detail\)

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## Artwork

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

## Commentary

Standing beside Barbara of Brandenburg is a dwarf, the only person to gaze unswervingly out of the painting and thus make contact with the viewer. In those time it was very common to keep dwarfs as jesters or companions.

## 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>)