Mantegna at Louvre

If you happen to be in Paris over the next few months, note that the Louvre recently opened France's first major retrospective of one of the greatest of Renaissance artists: Andrea Mantegna. The Louvre boasts one of the finest collections of Mantegna's paintings outside Italy, complimented for this exhibition by international loans. "Works of spectacular size or with stunning effects of perspective are shown alongside those with extremely refined handling or more intimate subjects." Mantegna (1431-1506) is in the Napoleon Hall until 5 January 2009, admission 9.50 euro thingies. Click the title link.