A Naked Warrior with One Foot on a Helmet (Mantegna Imitation)
Artist, British, 1934 - 1996

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown and black ink on tan laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.9 x 10.3 cm (11 3/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2009.70.139
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1975
Drawings: Techniques and T ypes, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1975, no. B 9 (as School of Andrea Mantegna).
2014
Intent to Deceive: Fkaes and Forgeries in the Art World, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, traveling exhibition, 2014.
Bibliography
2012
Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 170 (color).
Inscriptions
by artist, upper center in pen and black ink: A MANTEGNA; stamped in black at lower right, an imitation of the collector's mark of Sir Jonathan Richardson (Lugt 2184); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D28749 EX
Wikidata ID
Q64559581