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 | | As the youth progressed in his studies, he came under the influence of Jacopo Bellini [c.1400-1470], a painter considerably, superior to Squarcione, father of the celebrated painters Giovanni [c.1430-1516] and Gentile [c.1429-1507], and of a daughter Nicolosia; and in 1454 Jacopo gave Nicolosia to Andrea in marriage. |
 | | Among the other early works of Mantegna are the fresco of two saints over the entrance porch of the church of S. Antonio in Padua, 1452, and an altar-piece of St Luke and other saints for the church of S. Giustina, now in the Brera Gallery in Milan, 1453. |
 | | Some of his early Mantuan works are in that apartment of the Castello which is termed the Camera degli Sposifull compositions in fresco, including various portraits of the Gonzaga family, and some figures of genii, &c. |
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