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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 four shades of brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.5 x 39.6 cm (15 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Image: 38.2 x 38 cm (15 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)(borderline, including the lower borderline at the bottom)
Image: 38.2 x 38 cm (15 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)(borderline, including the lower borderline at the bottom)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number2004.618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.101.11, Plate 5; Meyer 32, Plate 5
Marks
Recto, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971)
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA, accessioned 2004