Battle of Naked Men

1460s

Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.6 x 54.8 cm (14 7/16 x 21 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.114.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. I, no. 2, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth (sale, Christie, Manson, & Woods, 5 December 1985, no. 57; John Gaines, Lexington, KY; (David Tunick, NY, 1986); Mr. Samuel Josefowitz, Zurich; (R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

Wikidata ID

Q76360511


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