About this artwork
Although he probably never met Andrea Mantegna, the Venetian painter-engraver Girolamo Mocetto nevertheless based this print on a drawing (now in the British Museum, London) by the older artist. Later, Rembrandt also copied the same drawing, and may have owned it for a time. Mocetto altered the composition by placing the scene, an allegory of calumny (or false accusation), in the Campo de Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, with Andrea del Verrocchio’s famous equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni in the background. This print is a unique early state before final shading was added to the basilica dome.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Girolamo Mocetto
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Title
- The Calumny of Apelles
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Place
- Italy (Object made in)
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Date
- 1500–1506
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Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- 318 × 457 mm
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Credit Line
- Charles Greene Fund
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Reference Number
- 1962.806
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/15239/manifest.json
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