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The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 5: Elephants and Torches
The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 5: Elephants and Torches

The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 5: Elephants and Torches

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
1599
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in two shades of orange-brown, brown, and dark brown
DimensionsSheet: 37.3 x 38.1 cm (14 11/16 x 15 in.)(trimmed to the borderline or with small margins at the top and sides; lacking the lower margin)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number2004.611.5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFranz Rechberger, Vienna (1771-1841)(keeper of the Count Moritz von Fries collection until about 1820; director of the Albertina from 1827 until his death)(Lugt 2133), 1800; Franz Gawet, Vienna (1765-1847)(Lugt 1069), 1824; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA, accessioned 2004