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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8209
People
Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
Title
Battle of the sea gods: right half of a frieze
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1491-1494
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273419

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 28.3 x 38.8 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, left half of sheet, graphite, handwritten, English: [in cursive script] From collection of / Mr. Baumreville [?] & F.T. Palpore [?] [rest too light to read]
  • collector's mark: verso, bottom left corner, black ink, stamp: [circle containing an 'A' superimposed on an 'M,' both with curving flourishes; stamp belonging to Alfred Morrison, English, 1821-1897, stamp #151 in Lugt 1921]
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, to left and below collector's stamp, black ink, handwritten: [in cursive script] ur.
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, one inch in from right edge, brown ink, handwritten: n.
  • inscription: recto, bottom edge, centered, faded brown ink, handwritten: [very difficult to read] Luigi [?] Iesgi [?] alesiyi [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Obach & Co.], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1908

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 6; Bartsch 17; L. 211

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8209
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martin Kemp, “Coming into Line: Graphic Demonstrations of Skill in Renaissance and Baroque Engravings” In Sight & insight: essays on art and culture in honour of E.H. Gombrich at 85, ed. John Onians, Phaidon Press Limited (London, 1994), pp. 224-226, repr. as pls. 95, 96 on p. 227 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

  • Grand Scale. Monumental Prints in the Age of Durer and Titian, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 03/19/2008 - 06/08/2008; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 09/09/2008 - 11/30/2008; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 01/31/2009 - 04/26/2009

Verification Level

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