Der Gonzaga-Zyklus, Die Erhebung des Giovanni Francesco zum Markgrafen von Mantua,

um 1578/79

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

272,5 x 432 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal V

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

7303

Acquisition

Aus Schloss Schleißheim

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Der Gonzaga-Zyklus, Die Erhebung des Giovanni Francesco zum Markgrafen von Mantua, um 1578/79, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/jpxeVw3LJ7 (Last updated on 13.11.2023)

Tintoretto created eight monumental paintings on canvas commissioned by Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga for the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua. Divided into two series, the depictions of major events in the history of the House of Gonzaga were to serve the glorification of the princely family. The first work in the cycle shows how Giovanni Francesco Gonzaga is given the ‘princely hat’ in 1433 to mark his ennoblement to margrave on the orders of Emperor Sigismund.