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Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar by Andrea Andreani

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/text: 34.5 × 37 cm (13 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.6 × 39.3 cm (14 13/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

Classification

chiaroscuro woodcut

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

28679

Rights

Public Domain

About this artwork

Andrea Mantegna painted The Triumphs of Julius Caesar between 1484 and 1494 for the Gonzaga palace in Mantua. They were copied in a series of grisaille paintings by Francesco Malpizzi. In 1599, Andrea Andreani made a complete set of chiaroscuro woodcuts after these grisailles.

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