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The Elephants: 1880.4.21-4

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Elephants
Triumph of Caesar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Mantegna, Andrea (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: One of eight prints bought with money from the Engraving Fund at the British Museum duplicates sale and listed in the Syndicate Minutes, 28 May 1880; Duplicate Prints and Etchings, the property of the Trustees of the British Museum (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), 21 April 1880, lot 37.

Legal notes

Bought from the Engraving Fund, 1880.04.21

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1880) by Unknown

Dating

Circa 1484 - Circa 1500

Note

The fifth of Mantegna's Triumph subjects, 'cartoons' painted for Francseco Gonzaga between 1484-94.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1880.4.21-4
Primary reference Number: 129463
Bartsch: 12
Illustrated Bartsch: 12 (235)
Hind (BM Italian): 1, p.343.
Old location number: 20.G.2.19
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023 Last processed: Monday 26 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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