Battle of the Sea Gods: Right Half of a Frieze
<p>Andrea Mantegna’s <em>Battle of the Sea Gods</em> may be the first print with a unified composition occupying more than one sheet. Unlike the Andrea Andreani <em>Triumph of Caesar</em> (1926.452.2–9) and the engravings after the same Mantegna paintings by his own workshop, this mythological frieze has only one seam and no disguising columns. Albrecht Dürer drew a copy of the right half of the frieze in 1494, already establishing the seminal importance of the work in the Renaissance.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1470
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet: 28.1 × 39.4 cm (11 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.); Composite approx: 28.3 × 80.9 cm (11 3/16 × 31 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Andrea Mantegna
Artist
Painting
Andrea Mantegna was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
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- Andrea Mantegna
- Year
- 1470
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet: 28.1 × 39.4 cm (11 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.); Composite approx: 28.3 × 80.9 cm (11 3/16 × 31 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1470-136684
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified