About the Artwork
Hercules and Antaeus
between 1450 and 1500
Andrea Mantegna
1431-1506
Italian
Unknown
Possibly etching and engraving, printed in brown ink on laid paper
Image and sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (33.3 × 21.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S728
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, vertically, center left edge of image: DIVO HERCVLI INVICTO Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [illegible]
Provenance
December 1885, Kissam sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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school of Andrea Mantegna, Hercules and Antaeus, between 1450 and 1500, possibly etching and engraving, printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S728.
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