ROMANO, Gian Cristoforo
(b. ca. 1465, Roma, d. 1512, Loreto)

Door of the studiolo (detail)

c. 1501
Marble
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua

The door of the studiolo of Isabella d'Este in the Palazzo Ducale four tondi with figures carved in relief. One of them shows a female figure with military attributes, identified as Minerva.