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Identification and Creation

Object Number
FA3
People
School of Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
Title
Ignorance and Mercury: an allegory of virtue and vice (upper half)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/236181

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H.22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Object Number
FA3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Burke, Ignorância: Uma história global, Vestígio, p. 294, repr. as fig. 3

Verification Level

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