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Giovan Francesco III Gonzaga

duke of Mantua
Also known as: Francesco II

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        In art market: The 15th century

        …by Isabella d’Este, wife of Francesco Gonzaga III, at the ducal palace in Mantua (see also House of Este; Gonzaga dynasty). Decorated with paintings by Andrea Mantegna and other court artists, d’Este’s studiolo was designed to show off her remarkable collection of jewelry, antique cameos, and

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    • Gonzaga dynasty
      • Luigi (or Ludovico) III and a messenger (left), detail of one of the frescoes of the Gonzaga family by Andrea Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi, completed 1474, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
        In Gonzaga Dynasty

        …Federigo I and grandson Giovan Francesco III (Francesco II; d. 1519) continued the military traditions of the family and raised the Mantuan lordship to the height of its prestige and power. In the dangerous and difficult politics that engaged northern Italy after the French invasion of 1494, the Gonzaga sided…

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