Description
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.
Accession Number
28679
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.)
Classification
chiaroscuro woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club