The portrait busts of Roman emperors that surround the oculus in Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi are particularly appropriate to Mantua because

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The portrait busts of Roman emperors that surround the oculus in Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi are particularly appropriate to Mantua because

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the Italian city-state of Mantua was ruled by a marquis.

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On the occasion of his visit to Mantua, Emperor Sigismund made Marquis Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1433) an extendable title to his heirs, not before and as usual, having given the new Marquis a large sum of money. This alliance was reinforced by the marriage of the Ludovico heir with a niece of the emperor, Barbara de Brandenburg.