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The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 5: Elephants and Torches
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 two shades of orange-brown, brown, and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.3 x 38.1 cm (14 11/16 x 15 in.)(trimmed to the borderline or with small margins at the top and sides; lacking the lower margin)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number2004.611.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.101.11, Plate 5; Meyer 32, Plate 5
Marks
Verso, right center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Franz Rechberger, Vienna (1771-1841)(Lugt 2133), 1800; verso, top left, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Franz Gawet, Vienna (1765-1847)(Lugt 1069), 1824
ProvenanceFranz Rechberger, Vienna (1771-1841)(keeper of the Count Moritz von Fries collection until about 1820; director of the Albertina from 1827 until his death)(Lugt 2133), 1800; Franz Gawet, Vienna (1765-1847)(Lugt 1069), 1824; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA, accessioned 2004