Triumph of Caesar
1599
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
34.5 × 37 cm (13.6 × 14.6 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
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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