The Triumph of Caesar, Plate 9: Julius Caesar on his Chariot
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 three shades of orange-brown and dark brown
DimensionsSheet: 38.4 x 38 cm (15 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number2004.628
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
On the verso of the sheet is another impression of the same print, in slightly cooler tones of brown.
InscriptionsIn pen and brown ink, bottom right, within the chariot wheel: "1678 - Ex Museo Jacobi Francisci Arpini Phil & Med [indecipherable character] 5 1678"ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA, accessioned 2004
