Against the Day - page 255 - Mansueto

[Michel]

AtD, page 255:
"Pugnax arrived in the company of Mostruccio, a small, ill-humored 
Venetian dog, with an ancestral resemblance to those observed in works 
of Carpaccio, Mansueto, [...]

Atd Wiki does not offer more on this Mansueto. Maybe is a fictitious 
artist? Could it be a pun of some sort? Anyone an idea?
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