A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Triumph of Caesar

1599

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629) after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506)

Italy

Andrea Mantegna painted The Triumphs of Julius Caesar between 1484 and 1494 for the Gonzaga palace in Mantua. They were copied in a series of grisaille paintings by Francesco Malpizzi. In 1599, Andrea Andreani made a complete set of chiaroscuro woodcuts after these grisailles.

Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

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