Sheet 7: Procession, from "The Triumph of Julius Caesar"
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in gray-green ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (40.4 × 39 cm) Image: 14 7/16 × 14 9/16 in. (36.7 × 37 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.73.3-95
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the grandeur of ancient Rome with *Sheet 7: Process, from "The Triumph of Julius Caesar*, a masterful 1599 chiaroscuro wood by Andrea Andreani after designs by the Renaissance genius Andrea Mantegna, with contributions from Bernardo Malpizzi This print is part of a celebrated series recreating Mantegna's canvases, painted around 1482–1505 for the Gonzaga court in Mantua. These works captured Julius Caesar's historic triumph—a lavish parade celebrating his Gallic victories—reviving classical antiquity during the Italian Renaissance, when artists eagerly emulated Roman grandeur to insp...