Battle of the Sea Gods [right half]
before 1481
Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 28.8 x 38.1 cm (11 5/16 x 15 in.)
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Accession
1941.1.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.15, no. 6, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
W. Bell Scott (1811-1890), Lugt 2607
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 12b, repro.
1973
Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 179.
2011
Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Frick Collection, New York, 2011-2012(shown only in Washington).
2018
Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, NGA, 2018, no.
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.76.
1995
Luchs, Alison. Tullio Lombardo and Ideal Portrait Sculpture in Renaissance Venice, 1490-1530. Cambridge, England, and New York, 1995: 35, 50, 230, fig. 45.
2011
Luciano, Eleonora, ed. Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington. London, 2011: 30, 31 fig. 15, 153.
2017
Simons, Patricia. "Mantegna's Battle of the Sea Gods: The material and thematic interaction between print and sculpture." In_Prints in Translation, 1450-1750: Image, Materiality, Space_, edited by Suzanne Karr Schmidt and Edward H. Wouk. Oxon and New York, 2017: 89-113, fig. 6.1b.
2018
Gabbarelli, Jamie with Jonathan Bober. Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018: 41, pl. 6.
Watermarks
Cardinal’s Hat. Close to Br. 3404 (Udine 1503)
Wikidata ID
Q64952840