# Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 25 x 18 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga c. 1461 Tempera on wood, 25 x 18 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples The Gonzaga family turned continuously to Mantegna to paint their portraits, to make pictures that were given as diplomatic gifts, and to decorate the most important areas of their residences. A young member of the family - probably Francesco, the first Gonzaga cardinal - is represented at an age between childhood and adolescence in this small portrait. During the Quattrocento the standard portrait format was the bust in profile, adopted from classical medallions. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Bacchanalia with a Wine Vat]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Battle of the Sea Gods]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()