Battle of Sea-Gods, Left Half of a Frieze

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Battle of Sea-Gods, Left Half of a Frieze

Workshop of Andrea MantegnaLinkedCulture matchlcp-8be0a0ceb2e3

Date
1470/1500
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, discolored to grayish brown
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
4285

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Andrea Mantegna’s Battle of the Sea Gods may be the first print with a unified composition occupying more than one sheet. Unlike the Andrea Andreani Triumph of Caesar (1926.452.2–9) and the engravings after the same Mantegna paintings by his own workshop, this mythological frieze has only one seam and no disguising columns. Albrecht Dürer drew a copy of the right half of the frieze in 1494, already establishing the seminal importance of the work in the Renaissance.

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Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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AAT300041273

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