The Triumph of Caesar: The Elephants

c. 1497/1498

Italian 15th Century

Artist

Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession

    1976.11.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.22, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

Bibliography

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.

2008

  • Agosti, Giovanni and Dominique Thiebault. Mantegna: 1431-1506. Exh. cat. Musee du Louvre, Paris, 2008: no. 162.

Watermarks

Cardinal’s Hat. Close to Br. 3391 (Florence 1491, Venice 1497)

Wikidata ID

Q65579206

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