Manta Castle, Manta, Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy. Fresco (1420) in the Baronial Hall. Youth Fountain.
In the baronial hall of the Manta Castle one of the most amazing examples of international Gothic painting is kept: it is a cycle of frescoes that entirely covers the great room, with the series of the nine heroes and nine heroines of antiquity and the scene of the Fountain of Youth, which were frescoed shortly after 1420 by an unknown painter known as the "Master of Manta". A clear self-congratulatory social and political message was entrusted to the Cycle of the Wizards and Heroines, which immediately reached those who entered the Hall to confer with Valerano, lord of the Manta since 1416. The characters, nine warriors including three pagans, three Jews and three counterpointed by nine heroines variously drawn from the ancient literary tradition, they are in fact examples of virtue and heroism, taken from the classical tradition, which present precious clothes closely linked to the fashion of the international courts of the early fifteenth century and presumably refer to protagonists of the lineage of Saluzzo della Manta.
Size: 5328px × 6600px
Location: Manta, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.
Photo credit: © Paolo Perina / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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