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Blessed Osanna Andreasi's House

1475

Mantova Museo Urbano Diffuso

Mantova Museo Urbano Diffuso

This room on the first floor, not a large one, gives onto the garden, and bears decorations that are perhaps the most interesting in the whole House. White bulb-shaped columns, enlivened by plant motifs, give a rhythm to the room, with golden capitals, similar to the ones in the small room on the ground floor. Above them a magnificent strip with a dark background, depicting sea horses and amphorae, from which a fantastical being emerges. We are obviously in the first decades of the 16th century. The capitals support garlands and festoons, on which signs reading Latin moral quotes are hung. For example, the one on the left of the image reads: “No man who lives a long life can be said to be happy”.

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  • Title: Blessed Osanna Andreasi's House
  • Date Created: 1475
Mantova Museo Urbano Diffuso

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