Harvard Art Museums > G8209: Battle of the sea gods: right half of a frieze Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Battle of the sea gods: right half of a frieze (Andrea Mantegna) , G8209,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273419. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G8209 People Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy) Title Battle of the sea gods: right half of a frieze Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1491-1494 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273419 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions sheet: 28.3 x 38.8 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, lower edge, left half of sheet, graphite, handwritten, English: [in cursive script] From collection of / Mr. Baumreville [?] & F.T. Palpore [?] [rest too light to read] collector's mark: verso, bottom left corner, black ink, stamp: [circle containing an 'A' superimposed on an 'M,' both with curving flourishes; stamp belonging to Alfred Morrison, English, 1821-1897, stamp #151 in Lugt 1921] inscription: verso, lower left corner, to left and below collector's stamp, black ink, handwritten: [in cursive script] ur. inscription: verso, lower edge, one inch in from right edge, brown ink, handwritten: n. inscription: recto, bottom edge, centered, faded brown ink, handwritten: [very difficult to read] Luigi [?] Iesgi [?] alesiyi [?] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Obach & Co.], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1908 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i Standard Reference Number Hollstein 6; Bartsch 17; L. 211 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund Object Number G8209 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Martin Kemp, “Coming into Line: Graphic Demonstrations of Skill in Renaissance and Baroque Engravings” In Sight & insight: essays on art and culture in honour of E.H. Gombrich at 85, ed. John Onians, Phaidon Press Limited (London, 1994), pp. 224-226, repr. as pls. 95, 96 on p. 227 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography] Exhibition History Grand Scale. Monumental Prints in the Age of Durer and Titian, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 03/19/2008 - 06/08/2008; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 09/09/2008 - 11/30/2008; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 01/31/2009 - 04/26/2009 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
