Trivulzio Madonna

Andrea Mantegna's Trivulzio Madonna, painted around 1497 and now in the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan, is named after the Milanese collection from which it came. This late altarpiece demonstrates the grandeur and archaeological precision that Mantegna maintained into his final years. The work was created during his last decade of service to the Gonzaga court, when he was also completing the Triumph of Caesar series and working on Isabella d'Este's Studiolo paintings.

Mantegna's late monumental style features rich, warm colors within a precisely constructed architectural framework, combining his lifelong devotion to classical form with the sumptuous decorative quality of his final period.