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The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 5: Elephants and Torches

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
1599
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in three shades of violet-brown (one block not used in this impression)
DimensionsPlatemark: 36.9 x 37.1 cm (14 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)(lacks the lower margin)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB4095.5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900