# Ceiling \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Walnut oil on plaster and fresco ## Commentary In this detail the last of the twelve tasks of Hercules is represented: the taming of the Cerberus, the guardian of Hades. Next to this, Orpheus is shown playing his lute. ABove these cells the emperors Caesar and Otho are shown.The wall lunettes are decorated with Gonzaga devices, including the spotted salamander and a turtle dove. ## 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]()