maglioli

Updated: June 7, 2025

Mantegna's own genius has inspired this masterpiece, which tradition assigns to the medallist Sperando Maglioli. Whoever wrought it, must have felt the incubation of the mighty painter's spirit, and have striven to express in bronze the character of his uncompromising art.

John Addington Symonds - Renaissance in Italy Volume 3: The Fine Arts