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The Elephants, from The Triumph of Julius Caesar
Workshop of Andrea MantegnaLinkedCulture matchlcp-8be0a0ceb2e3
- Date
- c. 1498
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 56701
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This engraving depicts Julius Caesar entering Rome after his conquest of Gaul in 46 b.c., the greatest military victory of his career. Dante was not afraid of making his political opinions known in the Inferno ; the three worst traitors in history—Julius Caesar’s assassins, Brutus, Cassius, and Judas Iscariot—dangle from the mouth of Lucifer in the final circle of hell. After his assassination, Caesar himself would join Orpheus in Dante’s limbo.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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- Object type
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