Past Exhibition

Early Italian Engravings

The image shows a group of soldiers with elaborate armor and ceremonial objects. The soldiers are carrying ornate armaments and ceremonial artifacts. The armor, helmets, and spears have detailed engravings and classical antiquity influences. The drawing conveys movement and historical grandeur through precise linework.
Andrea Mantegna, The Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Trophies, c. 1497/1498, engraving on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5771

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    Ground Floor, Central Gallery
The image shows a group of soldiers with elaborate armor and ceremonial objects. The soldiers are carrying ornate armaments and ceremonial artifacts. The armor, helmets, and spears have detailed engravings and classical antiquity influences. The drawing conveys movement and historical grandeur through precise linework.
Andrea Mantegna, The Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Trophies, c. 1497/1498, engraving on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5771

Overview: A comprehensive exhibition of early Italian engravings was arranged to celebrate the publication of the definitive catalogue of early Italian engravings by Arthur M. Hind, keeper of prints and drawings, British Museum. The installation of the prints, selected from the principal American collections and from the Rosenwald collection, followed the general chronology of the book.

Catalog: Early Italian Engravings, by A.M. Hind. Part 2, volumes 5-7. London, published for the National Gallery of Art, 1948.

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