Triumph of Caesar

Art Institute of Chicago

Triumph of Caesar

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629)

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

Andrea Mantegna painted The Triumphs of Julius Caesar between 1484 and 1494 for the Gonzaga palace in Mantua. They were copied in a series of grisaille paintings by Francesco Malpizzi. In 1599, Andrea Andreani made a complete set of chiaroscuro woodcuts after these grisailles.

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