In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Perhaps unhappy with the way his engraved plates had worn down from use, Andrea Mantegna commissioned Giovanni Antonio da Brescia to reengrave several of his compositions. Comparing Da Brescia’s impression to Mantegna’s shows that the copperplate was less worn when the later print was made and the inks more expertly mixed to adhere to the incised lines, resulting in an overall stronger impression with greater contrast. The impact is a work that has a strong affinity with the relief-carved Roman sarcophagi (stone coffins) that inspired Mantegna.
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Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity: Virtus Deserta
Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Merc
Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus
Entombment
The Flagellation of Christ who is tied to a column at center
Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the B
Descent into Limbo
St. Jerome in His Study
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506) — Bacchanal with 
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with Silenus
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506) — Bacchanal with 
Antonio Fantuzzi|Giulio Romano — Silenus Carried
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506) — Bacchanal with 
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Michelangelo Buonarro
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with a Wine Vat
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with Wine Vat
Anonymous, Italian, 15th century|Antonio Pollaiuolo — Battle
Allaert Claesz. (Netherlandish, active c. 1520–26) — Fight b
Marcantonio Raimondi|Antonio Salamanca — The triumph of a Ro
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with Wine Vat