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The Battle Between Love and Chastity

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In 1505, when the painting was delivered, the marchesa was not entirely satisfied. She declared that she preferred it would have been painted in oil, instead of the tempera used under her directives in order to follow Mantegna's style. Perugino, who probably was not at ease with the small format of
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The painting, over a background with gently steeped hills, portrays a fight between the symbolic figures of Love and Chastity. The theme was similar to other commissioned for the
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and others. In the background are depicted several mythological episodes showing the victory of Chastity over Carnal Love, such as
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Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria
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160 cm × 191 cm (63 in × 75 in)
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After the extinction of the Gonzaga dynasty, the painting was gifted by
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian
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The painting was the third commissioned by Isabella d'Este for her
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Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Augustine
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Madonna and Child with St Herculanus and St Constantius
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The subject was suggested by Isabella's court poet,
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Perugino
Louvre
Paris
Pietro Perugino
Musée du Louvre
studiolo
Isabella d'Este
Mantua
Castello di San Giorgio
Andrea Mantegna
Parnassus
Triumph of the Virtues
Coronation of Isabella d'Este
Reign of Comus
Lorenzo Costa
Paride da Ceresara
Florence
ducats
Charles I of Nevers
cardinal Richelieu
Minerva
Diana

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