CHRONOLOGY
OF MANTEGNA.
| 1431. | Born in the neighbourhood of Padua. | (Page 3.) |
| 1441. | Entered on the register of Paduan painters as the adopted son of his master Squarcione. | (P. 3.) |
| 1448. | Painted the altar-piece for Santa Sofia of Padua. | (P. 3.) |
| 1452. | Painted the fresco over the portal of Sant’ Antonio. | (P. 3.) |
| 1452-58. | Painted the frescoes of the Eremitani Church, and married Niccolosia Bellini. | (Pp. 3-11.) |
| 1454. | Painted the altar-piece for Santa Giustina, Padua. | (P. 14.) |
| 1456. | Entered into correspondence with Lodovico Gonzaga. | (P. 14.) |
| 1457-59. | Painted the altar-piece of San Zeno at Verona. | (P. 15.) |
| 1459. | Settled at Mantua with his family. | (P. 17.) |
| 1466. | Visited Florence. | (P. 22.) |
| 1472. | Visited Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga at Bologna. | (P. 22.) |
| ” | Received a grant of land at Buscoldo. | (P. 22.) |
| 1470-1474. | Painted the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi. | (Pp. 25-28.) |
| 1473. | Received a grant of land in Mantua upon which he built his house. | (P. 29.) |
| 1481. | Painted at Marmirolo. | (P. 30.) |
| 1483. | Received a visit from Lorenzo de’ Medici. | (P. 30.) |
| 1485. | Painted a Madonna for the Duchess of Ferrara. | (P. 32.) |
| 1485-1488. | Painted the first pieces of the “Triumphs.” | (P. 32.) |
| 1488-1490. | Painted the frescoes of the Belvedere Chapel of the Vatican for Innocent VIII. | (P. 32.) |
| ” | Painted the Madonna and Child of the Uffizi for Lorenzo de’ Medici. | (P. 34.) |
| 1490. | Left Rome and returned to Mantua, Sept. 6. | (P. 34.) |
| 1490-92. | Worked at the “Triumphs of Julius Cæsar” and completed the series. | (P. 39.) |
| 1492. | Received a fresh grant of land from Francesco Gonzaga, Feb. 4. | (P. 43.) |
| 1494. | Furnished his house in the parish of S. Sebastian. | (P. 43.) |
| 1495-96. | Painted the Madonna della Vittoria. | (P. 47.) |
| 1496-97. | Painted an altar-piece for Santa Maria in Organo at Verona, now in Casa Trivulzi, Milan. | (P. 48.) |
| 1499. | Designed a monument to Virgil. | (P. 49.) |
| 1499. | Marriage of his daughter Taddea to Viano Vianesi. | (P. 43.) |
| 1504. | Made his first will, March 1. | (P. 51.) |
| ” | Entered into a contract with the Canons of Sant’ Andrea by which he obtained possession of a chapel in that church, Aug. 11. | (P. 51.) |
| ” | Sold his house in Mantua. | (P. 51.) |
| 1505. | Disgrace and banishment of his son Francesco. | (P. 51.) |
| ” | Painted the St. Sebastian of the Scarpa gallery, and the Triumph of Scipio for Francesco Cornaro. | (P. 52.) |
| ” | Bought a house in the Contrada Unicorno. | (P. 53.) |
| 1506. | Altered his will in favour of Gian’ Andrea, his illegitimate son, Jan. 24. | (P. 51.) |
| ” | Painted the Masque of Comus for Isabella Gonzaga. | (P. 53.) |
| ” | Sold his bust of Faustina to Isabella’s agent, Aug. 1. | (P. 54.) |
| ” | Died at Mantua, Sept. 13. | (P. 54.) |
OF FRANCIA.
| 1450. | Born at Bologna. | (P. 75.) |
| 1482. | Entered the Goldsmiths’ Guild. | (P. 76.) |
| 1483. | Elected steward of the Guild. | (P. 70.) |
| 1485. | Birth of his son Giacomo. | (P. 76.) |
| 1487. | Birth of his son Giulio. | (P. 76.) |
| 1489. | Elected steward of the Goldsmiths’ Guild a second time. | (P. 76.) |
| 1490. | Painted his first altar-piece for Bartolommeo Felicini. | (P. 79.) |
| 1495. | Painted a Madonna and Child for Jacopo Gambaro. | (P. 81.) |
| 1499. | Painted altar-pieces for the Bentivoglio Chapel and Church of the Misericordia. | (P. 81.) |
| 1500. | Painted altar-pieces for the Church of the Annunziata, and for San Lorenzo. | (Pp. 84, 85.) |
| 1502. | Painted Madonna and Saints for the Friars dell’ Osservanza at Modena. | (P. 100.) |
| 1505-1506. | Painted frescoes of the Chapel of St. Cecilia. | (P. 94.) |
| 1507. | Expulsion of the Bentivogli. | (P. 97.) |
| 1508. | Coined money for Pope Julius II. | (P. 97.) |
| ” | Sent his portrait to Raphael in Rome, Sept. | (P. 97.) |
| 1509. | Painted the Baptism of Christ (now in the Dresden Gallery). | (P. 99.) |
| 1511. | Elected one of the six Gonfalonieri of the People. | (P. 102.) |
| 1512. | Elected steward of the Guild. | (P. 103.) |
| 1514. | Elected steward of the four Guilds. | (P. 103.) |
| 1515. | Painted Sanvitale altar-piece at Parma, and Pietà at Turin. | (P. 104.) |
| 1516. | Raphael sent his St. Cecilia to Bologna. | (P. 105.) |
| 1517. | (New style, 1518). Died, Jan. 5. | (P. 106.) |
FOOTNOTES
[1] Crowe and Cavalcaselle doubt that he went to Greece.
[2] We have Professor Colvin’s authority for assigning this print to Mantegna, as well as the strong inference drawn from the likeness of the engravings to the frescoes of the Castello di Corte. (Portfolio, vol. 8.)
[3] The Raphael Cartoons only realised £300.
[4] Crowe and Cavalcaselle doubt that Francia studied under Zoppo.
[5] See Crowe and Cavalcaselle. “A History of Painting in North Italy,” Vol. I., p. 294. Crevalcore’s name, however, does not occur in the Berlin official catalogue.
[6] No. 80, in the Pinacoteoa, Bologna.
[7] No. 81.
[8] At Tew Park, Oxfordshire.
[9] These two frescoes are usually ascribed to Giacomo Raibolini; but Frizzoni and Milanese after him attribute them to Tamaroccio, who assisted his master Francia in the chapel.
[10] The picture exhibited by Sir William Abdy at Burlington House last winter (1881) as the painter’s own likeness has too little in common with Francia’s style to be accepted as genuine with any certainty, although a print of it, bearing the date 1763 and the name of the goldsmith painter, is said to exist.
[11] In the lists of Mantegna’s and Francia’s works exhibited at the British Institution, Manchester, Leeds, and the “Old Masters” at Burlington House, the official catalogues have been strictly adhered to; it must not be supposed that every picture classed as the work of Mantegna or of Francia is recognised as genuine by the critics; for example, the Royal Academy merely catalogues the works “under the names given to them by the contributors,” and “can accept no responsibility as to their authenticity.”