Minerva

Athena

Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Attributed to: Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, active 1500–1512)
Attributed to: Zoan Andrea (Italian, about 1475–1519 or later)

about 1490-1510

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 13.1 × 9.9 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.)(lacking c. 6 mm at the top, c. 15 mm at the bottom, c. 8 mm at the left, and trimmed on the platemark at the right)

Credit Line Gift of William Norton Bullard

Accession Number23.957

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind (as Nicoletto da Modena) V, 114, 5; Illustrated Bartsch (as Nicoletto da Modena, rejected work) 2508.114 (see Note)

DescriptionHind catalogued this print as "Minerva" by Nicoletto da Modena (V, 114, 5). Passavant catalogued the print under three different artists: (1) as "Allegory of Victory" by Nicoletto da Modena (V, 100, 101); (2) as "A Clothed Woman" by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (V, 110, 49); and (3) as "Victory" by the Master of 1515 (V, 90, 38). The Illustrated Bartsch lists the print as "Woman with Helmet and Shield (Athena?)" under Nicoletto da Modena as a rejected work, by the School of Mantegna, possibly by Zoan Andrea.

Signed Hind catalogued this print as "Minerva" by Nicoletto da Modena (V, 114, 5). Passavant catalogued the print under three different artists: (1) as "Allegory of Victory" by Nicoletto da Modena (V, 100, 101); (2) as "A Clothed Woman" by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (V, 110, 49); and (3) as "Victory" by the Master of 1515 (V, 90, 38). The Illustrated Bartsch lists the print as "Woman with Helmet and Shield (Athena?)" under Nicoletto da Modena as a rejected work, by the School of Mantegna, possibly by Zoan Andrea.

Marks Verso, lower left, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Charles Marochetti, Paris and London (1805-1867)(Lugt 392); verso, lower right, stamped in purple ink, the mark of James Reiss, Manchester and London (1812-1899)(Lugt 1522); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Francis Bullard, Boston (1862-1913)(Lugt 982); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceJames Reiss (1812-1899, Manchester) Lugt 1522; Francis Bullard (1862-1913, Boston) Lugt 982; PDP Register entry: Date acquired, 4/1/1923 [exact to month]