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106 ELISABETTA LEAVES MANTUA
him the Camera and the Triumphs and afterwards
took him to see our little girl.” 1
The Camera was the Sala degli Sposi, decorated
with Mantegna’s frescoes, while his newly completed
Triumphs hung in a hall in that portion of the
Castello known as the Corte Vecchia, and were not
removed to Francesco’s new palace of San Sebastiano
until the year 1506.
Elisabetta Gonzaga had been induced to remain
with Isabella for her confinement, and only returned
to Urbino on the 20th of January, with her husband
Duke Guidobaldo, who came to spend Christmas at
Mantua. Her departure was greatly lamented by
the Marchesa, who sent her a tender little note on
the same day, saying how sadly she missed her sweet
and loving conversation. “ It seems strange enough,”
she adds, “to be without you as long as I am in bed,
but it will be much worse when I leave the house—
for there is no one whom I love like you, excepting
my only sister, the Duchess of Bari.” Her recovery,
however, proved rapid. A week later she rode out
through the town, to the joy of all the people, and
the next day went to pay her vows at S. Maria delle
Grazie, a favourite sanctuary of the Gonzaga princes,
on the other side of the lakes, five miles from
Mantua.
Early in February, we find her enjoying hunting
parties and theatricals, at Marmirolo, that superb
country-house which Francesco Gonzaga delighted
to adorn. For the last three years architects and
artists had been busy here. Mantegna’s son Fran-
cesco had painted a series of Triumphs on canvas, in
1 Archivio Gonzaga, quoted by P. Kristeller, Andrea Mantegna,
App.
him the Camera and the Triumphs and afterwards
took him to see our little girl.” 1
The Camera was the Sala degli Sposi, decorated
with Mantegna’s frescoes, while his newly completed
Triumphs hung in a hall in that portion of the
Castello known as the Corte Vecchia, and were not
removed to Francesco’s new palace of San Sebastiano
until the year 1506.
Elisabetta Gonzaga had been induced to remain
with Isabella for her confinement, and only returned
to Urbino on the 20th of January, with her husband
Duke Guidobaldo, who came to spend Christmas at
Mantua. Her departure was greatly lamented by
the Marchesa, who sent her a tender little note on
the same day, saying how sadly she missed her sweet
and loving conversation. “ It seems strange enough,”
she adds, “to be without you as long as I am in bed,
but it will be much worse when I leave the house—
for there is no one whom I love like you, excepting
my only sister, the Duchess of Bari.” Her recovery,
however, proved rapid. A week later she rode out
through the town, to the joy of all the people, and
the next day went to pay her vows at S. Maria delle
Grazie, a favourite sanctuary of the Gonzaga princes,
on the other side of the lakes, five miles from
Mantua.
Early in February, we find her enjoying hunting
parties and theatricals, at Marmirolo, that superb
country-house which Francesco Gonzaga delighted
to adorn. For the last three years architects and
artists had been busy here. Mantegna’s son Fran-
cesco had painted a series of Triumphs on canvas, in
1 Archivio Gonzaga, quoted by P. Kristeller, Andrea Mantegna,
App.