It is probable, however, that before this time some of the pupils of Squarcione, including Mantegna, had already begun the series of frescoes in the chapel of S. Cristoforo, in the church of Sant'Agostino degli Eremitani, today considered his masterpiece.
Istega leta je bil Mantegna imenovan, skupaj s Nicolò Pizolo, za delo z veliko skupino slikarjev, ki jim je bil zaupan okras "kapele Ovetarijev" v prečni ladji "cerkve Eremitani".