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The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 6: The Trophy Bearers

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(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: 37.5 x 37.7 cm (14 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline or with thread margins at the top and sides; lacking the lower margin)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number2004.611.6
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