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Triumph of Caesar

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)LinkedCulture matchlcp-8712678f07fe

Date: 1599
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper
Culture: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 154371

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Andrea Andreani’s Triumph of Caesar was available in several color schemes, including gray and orange. Each chiaroscuro sheet included a range of shades of a single hue, one for each tone block, which combined to give the final image a greater sense of depth and the appearance of a drawing. The set of woodcuts was issued with a title page showing Andrea Mantegna’s portrait and with a set of columns (lacking in this impression) to cut out and paste over the seams in the assembled frieze. The columns shown here are to-scale reproductions from the British Museum.

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