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Triumph of Caesar

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

Date:

1599

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Andrea Mantegna painted The Triumphs of Julius Caesar between 1484 and 1494 for the Gonzaga palace in Mantua. They were copied in a series of grisaille paintings by Francesco Malpizzi. In 1599, Andrea Andreani made a complete set of chiaroscuro woodcuts after these grisailles.

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 and light medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/text: 34.5 × 37 cm (13 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.6 × 39.3 cm (14 13/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.452.1

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