Faun Battling a Snake

c. 1500

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna

Associated Names
Andrea Mantegna

Related Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

The image depicts a male figure in a dynamic position. He is leaning forward with his right arm raised and left arm extended downwards, gripping a serpent that coils around his arm. The face is drawn in profile with short, straight hair. The figure is nude, displaying muscular definition, with drapery billowing around his shoulders and back. An inscription is included on the right side. The background has diagonal lines and the ground has etched foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.7 x 19.6 cm (11 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5785

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.26, no. 20


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1949

  • Early Italian Engravings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1949, no catalogue.

1952

  • 100 Masterpieces of the Print, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1952.

1953

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953-1954, no catalogue.

1954

  • Masterpieces from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954, no cat.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 48, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 200.

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.86.

Wikidata ID

Q65018765

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