Claim: A drawing of Francesco Gonzaga signed off in 1499 to the photographer Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, who was the best known of the Bellini family born to Jacopo Bellini.
Evidence: The first permanent photograph, a contact-exposed copy of an engraving, was made in 1822 using the bitumen-based "heliography" process developed by Nicéphore Niépce. September 13, 1506(1506-09-13) (aged 74–75)
Mantua (now Italy)