\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting originally formed part of the pictorial decoration of Isabella d'Este GonzagaÆs \i Studiolo \i0 in the Ducal Palace of M
antua. It hung alongside other pictures, two of them by Mantegna, one by \b \cf4 \ATXht1206 Perugino\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , two by \b \cf4 \ATXht1202 Correggio\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and another by Costa himself. All of them represent allegorical and mythological t
hemes linked to the celebration of the figure of Isabella d'Este and her reign. \par