# Chest of Paola Gonzaga [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Wood ## Commentary Two magnificent marriage chests - cassoni - were produced in Mantegna's workshop for Paola Gonzaga \(1463-1497\), daughter of Ludovico Gonzaga. Paola took with her the chests as part of her dowry when she married Count Leonhard of Gorizia in 1477. The brightly painted bas-relief scenes, made after drawings by Mantegna, represent episodes illustrating the legendary fairness of the Roman emperor Trajan. They are set in a triumphal procession including a great crowd of antique figures; in the background is an imaginary city that looks more like contemporary Florence than ancient Rome. ## 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]()