Battle of the Nudes

c. 1470/1475

Antonio del Pollaiuolo

Artist, Italian, c. 1431 - 1498

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39 x 58.7 cm (15 3/8 x 23 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6987

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.191, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957, repro.

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 15.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 4, repro.

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 33, repro.

1971

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 16, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 71.

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.13 (b).

2002

  • Langdale, Shelley. Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece. Exh.cat. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2002, no. 28.

Wikidata ID

Q65018948

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