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Triumph of Caesar

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black, light and medium brownish gray and dark gray on off-white laid paper.
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  • A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black, light and medium brownish gray and dark gray on off-white laid paper.

Date:

1599

Artist:

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)

About this artwork

Andrea Andreani’s Triumph of Caesar was available in several color schemes, including gray and orange. Each chiaroscuro sheet included a range of shades of a single hue, one for each tone block, which combined to give the final image a greater sense of depth and the appearance of a drawing. The set of woodcuts was issued with a title page showing Andrea Mantegna’s portrait and with a set of columns (lacking in this impression) to cut out and paste over the seams in the assembled frieze. The columns shown here are to-scale reproductions from the British Museum.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Andrea Andreani

Title

Triumph of Caesar

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1599

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black, light and medium brownish gray and dark gray on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 38.3 × 37.2 cm (15 1/8 × 14 11/16 in.); Composite approx: 38.5 × 342 cm (15 3/16 × 134 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.452.9

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