Mantuan

American  

[man-choo-uhn] / ˈmæn tʃu ən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Mantua, a city in northern Italy.

2. the Mantuan, a title for the Roman poet Virgil.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the northern Italian city of Mantua.

Example Sentences

As Rigoletto, Kidon Choi seemed overparted in the first act due to marked intonation problems, but he focused as the evening went on to become effective and powerful when he railed at the Mantuan courtiers for abducting his daughter.

From Washington Post

Luckily, fate handed that baton to Monteverdi, whose 'musical fable’ for the Mantuan court, Orfeo, premiered in 1607.

From Literature

Designer Richard Hudson gives us a landscape like a Mantegna painting, the women in bright, colour-blocked skirts, the men in the red caps, belted tunics and pied tights of the late 15th-century Mantuan court.

From The Guardian

In this tactile show with surfaces of soft napa leather or fluffy alpaca, a stand-out piece among the fine knitwear was a sweater with interlinked rings inspired by Mantuan frescoes. 

From New York Times

Mantuan court painter Lorenzo Costa painted his doctor Battista Fiera as payment for bringing him back to good health.

From The Guardian