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The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 9: Julius Caesar on His Chariot
Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
After: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
After: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
1599
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in four shades of reddish brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.1 x 37.8 cm (14 5/8 x 14 7/8 in.)(lacks the lower margin)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10794.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.101.11, Plate 9; Meyer 32, Plate 9
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJames B. Ayer, Boston; to his children, Mrs. John E. Rousmanière, Mrs. Henderson Inches, Nathaniel F. Ayer, Esq., and James B. Ayer (1882-1968, Chief of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School); their gift to the MFA December 31, 1921