Andrea Mantegna was the court painter of the ruling Gonzaga family, who commissioned the artist created his best creation - painting
Camera degli PES (marriage chambers) in the Palazzo Ducale (c. 1464-74) . Using the techniques of illusionism, Mantegna expanded the real space, creating the impression of an ancient temple, with its grand architecture and strict, and placing it in the group portraits of the Gonzaga family, entourage, the image of Caesar, the scene of court life. The picturesque style of the artist, which gives nobility most ordinary things, precious color, subtle beauty and festive decorative joined in this work with the stark grandeur of ancient art and a bright talent. Another interesting fact is that the walls are frescoes, and in the dry and in wet. A ceiling room painted cherubs funny babies, as though peering from the sky for the newlyweds