<P> The Camera degli Sposi ("bridal chamber"), sometimes known as the Camera picta ("painted chamber"), is a room frescoed with illusionistic paintings by Andrea Mantegna in the Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy . It was painted between 1465 and 1474 and commissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga, and is notable for the use of trompe l'oeil details and its di sotto in sù ceiling . </P> <P> The chronological sequence of the paintings has been recently discovered: the painter started from the vault by dry painting in the background small bits particularly those of the oculus and the wreath surrounding it . Then he moved on to the' Court scene' where he used a mysterious oily tempera dry laid out on the surface . The east and south walls followed, with the traditional fresco technique representing heavy curtains . Finally the' Meeting scene' on the west wall was painted, always' a fresco' but in very small bits which confirms an almost ten - year period of work on that part of the chamber . </P>

The famous frescoes of the carmera degli sposi were painted for the duke of mantua by