Hercules and Antaeus

c. 1495

Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

Italian 15th Century

Artist

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.8 x 22.4 cm (12 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1941.1.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.25, no. 17

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 195.

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.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.83.

Inscriptions

left in plate: DIVO HERCVLI INVICTO

Watermarks

Small Circle. Cf Br. 2925-7 (Nantes 1484 – Troyes 1552).

Wikidata ID

Q64952846

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