Mantegna funerary chapel

Its frescoes from 1507 were painted by his sons Ludovico and Francesco and by a young Correggio.

The tomb bears a bronze figure of Mantegna by Gianmarco Cavalli.

Court painter to the Gonzagas for over 40 years, Mantegna's prestige meant he was granted a funerary chapel in the basilica which served their Marquisate of Mantua – this was the first side-chapel on the left beside Leon Battista Alberti's nave.

Correggio was probably in Mantua at the time of Mantegna's death and probably came up with the overall scheme as well as doing much of the actual painting.

Historic descriptions record (among other things) its Stories of St John the Baptist and its trompe l'oeil marble fittings, vaulting, festoons, domes, putti and cherubs.