Triumph of the Virtues (Mantegna)

Painting by Andrea Mantegna

Triumph of the Virtues

Artist| Andrea Mantegna
Year| 1502
Medium| Tempera on canvas
Dimensions| 160 cm × 192 cm (63 in × 76 in)
Location| Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Triumph of the Virtues (also known as Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna, completed in 1502. It is housed in the Musée du Louvre of Paris.

The triumph was the second picture painted by Mantegna for Isabella d'Este's studiolo (cabinet), after the Parnassus of 1497. It portrays a marsh enclosed by a tall fence, ruled over by the Vices, portrayed as hideous figures and identified by scrolls in a typically medieval way. Idleness is chased by Minerva, who is also rescuing Diana, goddess of chastity, from being raped by a Centaur, symbol of concupiscence. Next to Minerva is a tree with human features. High in the sky are the three primary moral virtues required to perfect the appetitive powers: Justice, Temperance and Fortitude.

## See also

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* Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation

## References

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* Page at artonline.it Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

## External links

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* Louvre: Isabella d’Este’s Studiolo

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Paintings|

* Saint Mark (1448)
* Ovetari Chapel (1448–1457)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1450–1451)
* Saint Jerome in the Wilderness (c. 1451)
* San Luca Altarpiece (1453)
* Saint James Led to His Execution (c. 1453–1455)
* Saint Euphemia (1454)
* Presentation at the Temple (c. 1455)
* Christ Child Blessing (1455–1460)
* Agony in the Garden (c. 1458)
* Crucifixion (1459)
* Agony in the Garden (c. 1459)
* Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan (c. 1459–1460)
* Saint Bernardino of Siena Between Two Angels (1460)
* Death of the Virgin and Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin (c. 1461)
* Portrait of a Man (c. 1460)
* Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga (c. 1461)
* Madonna with Sleeping Child (c. 1470)
* Saint George (c. 1460)
* San Zeno Altarpiece (1460)
* Saint Sebastian (Vienna; c. 1459)
* Uffizi Triptych (Ascension; Circumcision; Adoration of the Magi) (1462)
* The Circumcision (1464)
* Portrait of Carlo de' Medici (c. 1459–1466)
* Saint Sebastian (Paris; c. 1480)
* Madonna of the Cherubim (c. 1485)
* Triumphs of Caesar (c. 1486)
* Christ as the Suffering Redeemer (c. 1488–1500)
* Lamentation of Christ (c. 1490)
* Madonna of the Caves (1490)
* Saint Sebastian (Venice; 1490)
* Madonna and Child with Three Saints (1490–1500)
* Resurrection (1492–1493)
* Descent into Limbo (1492–1493)
* Christ the Redeemer (1493)
* Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Dublin; c. 1495)
* Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Washington; 1495)
* Exemplary Women of Antiquity (1495–1500)
* Sibyl and Prophet (1495–1500)
* Madonna della Vittoria (1496)
* Trivulzio Madonna (1497)
* Parnassus (Mars and Venus) (1497)
* Ecce Homo (c. 1500)
* Holy Family (c. 1500)
* Triumph of the Virtues (c. 1502)
* The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome (c. 1505–1506)
* Baptism of Christ (1506)

Frescoes|

* Camera degli Sposi (1465–1474)

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* Mantegna funerary chapel

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