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Andrea Mantegna

Four Women Dancing

c. 1497
Engraving on paper
23.8 × 33.6 cm (9.4 × 13.2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This print was created by an unidentified engraver, who worked in the circle around Andrea Mantegna and was responsible for a group of engravings based on the artist's drawings. The composition is derived from Mantegna's preparatory drawing for the four central dancing muses in a painting for the Studiolo of Isabella d'Este, the young wife of Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua.

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