Triumph of Scipio Etching after Andrea Mantegna
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Print by: William Wise 1874.
After Andrea Mantegna, Italian (active Padua, Mantua, and Verona), 1431 - 1506.
Dimensions: 178 millimetres x 288 millimetres (260 x 265 mm sheet) Approx: 7" x 11.5" (10" x 14.3")
Signed in the plate at lower right: 'W Wise after Mantegna'
Superb museum quality print held in national museums.
British Museum Description: Scene in ancient Rome; a man, thought to be Cornelius Scipio, surrounded by onlookers, falling on his knees at the sight of the sculpted bust of Cybele, carried by two men at left; stone monument behind, lettered with 'S P Q R / C N Scypio / N I CORNELL / V S F P'; illustration to 'The Portfolio' of 1874; after Mantegna. 1874. PS, Mantegna's painting 'The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome' is at the National Gallery, London, NG902
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