Frontispiece , 1599

ArtistAndrea Andreani, Mantova 1546–1623 Mantova

Artistnach Andrea Mantegna, Padova 1430–1506 Mantova

MediumChiaroscuro-woodcut

Sheet dimensions38 × 38,3 cm

Place of originItalia

Status

not on display

About the workCommissioned by the ruler of Mantua, the Italian painter Andrea Mantegna worked about 20 years on a monumental painting series depicting Caesar's triumphal procession. The works were so famous, even at the time of their creation, that many visitors to the court came to see them. The publisher and printmaker Andrea Andreani produced woodcuts based on the series, which made Mantegna's pictures famous throughout Europe.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[...]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe von der Sammlung der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (NRW)

Inventory numberKA (FP) 5539 D